The law - I am dumb before the law. Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Law - I am dumb before the law

Gogol N.V.

Phraseologism: The law - I am dumb before the law.

Meaning: It is used as an ironic self-characterization of a person who declares himself law-abiding, but in fact does not respect the norms of legality as he says about it.

Origin: From the poem "Dead Souls" (1842) by N.V. Gogol (1809-1852), the words of Chichikov, uttered in a conversation with Manilov (parts 1, 2).

Random phraseology:

I take my good where I find it.

Meaning:

About a man prone to stealing.

Origin:

According to the French writer J. Grimaret in his book "The Life of Moliere" (1705), these words were spoken by the French playwright Jean Baptiste Moliere (pseudonym of J. B. Poquelin, 1622-1673) in response to accusations of plagiarism. The reason for this was the phrase from the comedy of another author, sounded in Molière's comedy "The Tricks of Scapin" (1671), from the play "The Ridiculed Pedant" (act. 2, yavl. 4) by Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1665). But if this author left her unnoticed by the public, then thanks to Moliere's play she became winged, and not only in French. This phrase is now known in the form: "What the hell brought me to this galley!" J. Grimare claims that the author is Moliere, who at one time uttered this phrase in the presence of Cyrano de Bergerac, and the latter, having abused the trust of his fellow writer, used it in his play. Therefore, according to J. Grimare, Molière had every right to a replica invented by him, and he had every reason to comment: "I take my good where I find it."

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