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But still she turns

Galileo Galilei

Phraseologism: And yet she turns around.

Meaning: Loyalty to your views.

Origin: The expression is attributed to the great Italian astronomer, physicist and mechanic Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Brought to trial by the Inquisition for adherence to the "heretical" teachings of Copernicus on the motion of the Earth, he was forced, on his knees, to swear that he would renounce heresy. According to legend, after the abdication, Galileo, stamping his foot, said: "Eppur si muove" ("And yet she is spinning"). This legend is based on the message of the French writer Thrall (Augustin Simon Trailh 1717-1794) in his book "Literary feuds" (Paris 1761). The legendary phrase of Galileo, which received wingedness, is used as a formula for unshakable conviction in something.

Random phraseology:

That's where the dog is buried!

Meaning:

That's the thing, that's the real reason.

Origin:

There is a story: the Austrian warrior Sigismund Altensteig spent all campaigns and battles with his beloved dog. Once, while traveling in the Netherlands, the dog even saved his owner from death. The grateful warrior solemnly buried his four-legged friend and erected a monument on his grave, which stood for more than two centuries - until the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Later, the dog monument could be found by tourists only with the help of local residents. At that time, the saying "That's where the dog is buried!" Was born, which now has the meaning: "I found what I was looking for", "got to the bottom of the matter." But there is an older and no less likely source of the proverb that has come down to us. When the Greeks decided to give the Persian king Xerxes a battle at sea, they put old men, women and children on ships in advance and transported them to the island of Salamis. They say that the dog that belonged to Xanthippus, the father of Pericles, did not want to part with his master, jumped into the sea and swam, following the ship, reached Salamis. Exhausted from fatigue, she immediately died. According to the historian of antiquity Plutarch, this dog was placed on the seashore with a kinosema - a canine monument, which was shown to the curious for a very long time. Some German linguists believe that this expression was created by treasure hunters, who, out of fear of the evil spirit that allegedly guarded every treasure, did not dare to directly mention the purpose of their search and conditionally began to talk about a black dog, meaning the trait and the treasure. Thus, according to this version, the expression "that's where the dog is buried" meant: "that's where the treasure is buried."

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