Roughly speaking, but putting it mildly. Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Roughly speaking, but softly speaking

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Phraseologism: Roughly speaking, but putting it mildly.

Meaning: It is used jokingly-ironically, as a way to soften the harshness of words, thus to precede some kind of tough statement.

Origin: From the humorous "Monologues on Education" (1969), written by satirical writers Nikolai Anitov and Alexander Osokin for the Leningrad Theater of Miniatures "Traffic Light".

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A holiday that is always with you.

Meaning:

Something that cheers up, pleases always and everywhere, wherever a person is (joking).

Origin:

From English: "A moveable Feast". Literally: "A holiday that moves." Russian translation of the title of a book of memoirs (1950) by American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). In a letter to a friend, Hemingway writes: "If you are lucky and you lived in Paris in your youth, then wherever you are later, he will remain with you until the end of your days, because Paris is a holiday that is always with you."

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