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Even before historical materialism

Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov

Phraseologism: Even before historical materialism.

Meaning: In the days of tsarist Russia, before the Soviet period of its history (jokingly-iron.).

Origin: From the novel "The Twelve Chairs" (1927) by Soviet writers Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and Evgeny Petrov (1903-1942). The words of Ostap Bender, who specifies the age of the old women living in a nursing home: "Are those who were born before historical materialism?" (that is, before the advent of Marxist theory).

Random phraseology:

Business idleness. Business bum.

Meaning:

A joke paradox.

Origin:

This paradox is found in various formulations by ancient authors. For example, Aristophanes (c. 446-385 BC - "lazy activity" ("Frogs"), Horace (65-8 BC) - "active inaction" (Letters 1, 11, Phaedra (I century AD) - "leisure activities", in Seneca (4-65 AD) "restless inactivity" ("On the peace of the soul", 12), "an idle occupation" (" On the brevity of life ", 11), "inactive business" (ibid., 12). This antithesis, following ancient literature, was assimilated by the world literature of modern times. The founder of the new Danish literature, Ludwig Golberg (1684-1754), belongs to the comedy "Business Loafer" , in imitation of which in Germany in 1743 a comedy by Johann Elias Schlegel (1718-1749) appeared under the same name.

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