Can't be found during the day with fire. Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Can't be found by day with fire

Jean-Leon Gerome, Diogenes

Phraseologism: Can't be found during the day with fire.

Meaning: It is very difficult, almost impossible to find someone, anything (often disapproved).

Origin: The expression, according to one version, is associated with the legend of the Greek cynic philosopher Diogenes (400-323 BC), who walked around in the crowd of people during the day with a lit lantern in his hands and, when asked what he was looking for, answered: "I'm looking for a man!" - that is, a real person among a spoiled society, hence the current expression: "you cannot find such a person with a fire (lantern) in the daytime." According to another version, this is a purely Russian proverb that arose without any influence from the story of Diogenes. The originality of the Russian expression is proved both by its rhyming character and by the presence of options: search during the day with fire and search during the day with a candle.

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Diana.

Meaning:

It is usually used only in poetic speech as an image of a strict, impregnable virgin, and also as a synonym for the moon, moonlight.

Origin:

From Roman mythology. Diana is the goddess of female chastity, hunting, the patroness of animals, and also the goddess of the moon. Often the very image of Diana was identified with the Moon, both words became synonymous in poetic speech.

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