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John Bull
John Arbuthnot
Phraseologism: John Bull.
Meaning: The image of the average Englishman (or English bourgeois), as well as England itself
Origin: From the political satire of the English writer and physician John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) "Litigation without End, or the History of John Bull" (1727). John Bull is a real person: this is the court organist who wrote the music for the English anthem "God Save the King!". in Russia at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. this expression was used, as a rule, in literal translation, that is, in the form of tracing paper - Ivan Byk (Bull-bull).
Random phraseology:
King for a day.
Meaning:
About a man who happened to be endowed with power for a short time.
Origin:
From the Arabic fairy tale "Wake Dream, or Caliph for an Hour", which is part of the collection "A Thousand and One Nights". (The author of the first European translation from Arabic is the French orientalist Antoine Galland.) In this tale, the young Baghdadian Abu-Ghassan invites a stranger to visit him, not suspecting that in front of him is Caliph Haroun-al-Rashid, walking around Baghdad under the guise of a visiting merchant . Abu-Ghassan shared with the stranger his cherished dream - to become a caliph at least for one day. Harun al-Rashid, wanting to have fun, puts sleeping pills in Abu-Ghassan's wine, gives the order to transfer him to the palace and instructs his retinue to render him, when he wakes up, honors befitting a caliph. The joke succeeds. Abu Gassan believes that he is a real caliph, enjoys the luxury of palace life all day and begins to give various orders. In the evening, he again receives wine with sleeping pills, and he, sleepy, is taken home. In the tale, the awakening of Abu Ghassan is associated with many comic details. The operetta Caliph for an hour by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) contributed to the popularity of this expression. |
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