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Homunculus

Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Phraseologism: Homunculus.

Meaning: An artificial, unviable, fictional person who, from the point of view of a certain ideology or scientific doctrine, is considered ideal, the only "correct" (iron., contempt.).

Origin: From Latin: Homunculus (from lat. Homo - man) - a small man, little man (reduce) or miserable man, "little man" (derogatory, ironic). The expression became widely used and household name after it was used by the German poet and scientist Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) in his tragedy Faust (1808), where an artificial man created in a laboratory is named so.

Random phraseology:

Swan, Cancer and Pike.

Meaning:

About the inconsistency of the actions of the participants in any common case.

Origin:

The expression was formed on the basis of the name of the fable "Swan, Pike and Cancer" (1816) by I. L. Krylov (1769-1844): "When there is no agreement among the comrades, // Their business will not go well, // And it will not business, only flour. // Once a Swan, Cancer and Pike // They took a cart with luggage, // And together the three all harnessed it, // They climb out of their skin, but the cart still does not go! // Luggage would be for them seemed light: // Yes, the Swan rushes into the clouds, // The Cancer moves back, and the Pike pulls into the water ... "

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