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A friend in need is a friend indeed

Ennius Quintus

Phraseologism: A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Meaning: Friendship is tested by hard times.

Origin: From Latin: Amicus certus in re incerta. Translation: A true friend is known in a wrong deed. The primary source is the tragedy "Hecuba" by the Roman poet Ennius Quintus (239-169 BC). Later, these words will be quoted in his treatise "On Friendship" by the famous Roman orator, writer and statesman Mark Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), which will make them widely known and popular. Perhaps the phrase is the primary source of the Russian proverb "Friends are known in trouble."

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Open door policy.

Meaning:

The policy of the state, which opens its borders for the free import of foreign goods, their competition with domestic producers, as well as for the free entry of people, the exchange of information, ideas, etc.

Origin:

The expression is associated with the policy of world powers in relation to the Chinese market for the goods of these countries. In September 1899, United States Secretary of State John Hay sent a circular letter to all American diplomatic missions abroad. It set the task of "keeping the Chinese door open," that is, trying in every possible way to open the Chinese market for imported goods. This immediate interest of Washington was covered up by words about "preserving the integrity" of China, that is, its sovereignty. In March 1901, a collection of diplomatic notes exchanged between the United States and other great powers regarding the "open door policy" in China was published in Washington.

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