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Ride a hare

Proverbs and sayings

Phraseologism: Ride a rabbit.

Meaning: Ride public transport without a ticket.

Origin: The expression, according to one version, is a tracing paper from the French aller (voyager) en lapin, where lapin is "rabbit". The meaning of the turnover is that the stowaway is afraid of being caught and fined (trembling like a hare): the hare is traditionally the personification of cowardice. According to another version, the expression appeared in the Russian language independently, it is based on the eternal property of a hare - agility, jumping ability, running speed. In everyday speech, stowaway spectators were also called hares, which is associated with the original image of a nimble, sneaking hare.

Random phraseology:

Pearl of creation.

Meaning:

1. Something perfect, peak, peak of creativity of the author (artist, etc.). 2. The crown of creation.

Origin:

From the poem "Dead Souls" (part 1, ch. 7) by N. V. Gogol (1809-1852). "Pearl" in translation from Church Slavonic - sea pearls (pearl), which in the old days was very rare and highly valued in Russia. "Beads" (river pearls) were more accessible, since they were found in abundance in the northern rivers and usually went to adorn the headdresses (kokoshniks) of women in the Russian North.

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