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General Frost

Napoleon I Bonaparte

Phraseologism: General Frost.

Meaning: A synonym for attempts by former aggressors to justify their defeat in Russia with "objective" reasons.

Origin: From English: General Frost. For the first time this expression is found in England in 1812, when the Napoleonic army retreated from Russia, experiencing hardships from the onset of cold weather. On December 1, 1812, a satirical cartoon leaflet entitled "General Frost shaving little Boney" ("General Frost shaving litlle Boney") was published in London. Bony is a derogatory nickname for Napoleon Bonaparte in England. In 1853, on the eve of the Crimean War, the English comic magazine Punch again recalled this expression, turning it against the Russian Emperor Nicholas I. Thus, in the issue of March 10, he attributed to the tsar the words: "Russia has two generals she can rely on: these are Generals January and February. The expressions "General Frost", "General Winter" again became widespread during and after the Second World War: German generals thus tried to justify their defeats in Russia.

Random phraseology:

One, but fiery passion.

Meaning:

About a hobby (goal, interest), to which someone devotes all his time, all his strength.

Origin:

From the 3rd stanza of the poem "Mtsyri" (1840) by M. Yu. Lermontov (1814-1841). This is what the young man Mtsyri says about his desire to escape from the monastery, into which he fell against his will: "I knew only one thought power, / One, but a fiery passion: / She, like a worm, lived in me, / Gnawed my soul and burned."

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