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Blue blood

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Phraseologism: Blue blood.

Meaning: About a man of noble, aristocratic origin (bookish, often ironic).

Origin: The expression is tracing paper from the French "le sang bleu", which, in turn, is tracing paper from the Spanish "la sangre azul". Initially, the aristocratic families of the Spanish province of Castile called themselves that, proud that their ancestors never intermarried with the Moors and other peoples with swarthy skin. It is believed that the expression implies that in people with a light skin tone, the veins have a bluish color, which is not observed in people with dark skin.

Random phraseology:

Breathe incense.

Meaning:

1. To be near death (about a person). 2. Fall into disrepair, decay (about things). 3. To be on the eve of collapse, cessation of existence.

Origin:

The expression is based on the religious and ritual symbolism of the word frankincense "hardened resinous juice of special tree species, which gives a strong fragrant smell when burned." In the church, incense is censed - they swing the censer (a vessel in which incense is smoked) in front of the images of God and the saints in order to propitiate them. This rite is also performed before the dead or dying. A man who did not have long to live, the priest confessed, communed and censed with incense. It turned out that the dying person before death "breathed incense." There is another explanation: a dying person was brought smoking incense to his mouth, and by whether the smoke of the incense fluctuates or not, it was determined whether the person was alive or had already died.

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