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Sign of the times
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Phraseologism: Sign of the times.
Meaning: What is most characteristic is typical of this time, this era.
Origin: From the Bible. The Gospel of Matthew (16:1-4) tells how one day the Pharisees began to ask Christ to show them a sign from heaven. Christ ridiculed them, reproaching them for the fact that although they are able to predict the weather according to heavenly signs, they have not yet learned to distinguish the signs sent by God himself: "Hypocrites! You know how to distinguish the face of the sky, but you cannot tell the signs of the times?"
Random phraseology:
There is no bitterness of stupidity, like stupidity!
Meaning:
It is cited as a playfully ironic assessment of a ridiculous act or a stupid statement.
Origin:
From the "History of a City" (ch. "On the Root of the Origin of the Foolovites", 1869-1870) by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889). The prince, whom the bungling inhabitants of the city of Glupov asked to "rule" their city, puts one or the other chief over them. But they, being thieves and no less bunglers than the Foolovites themselves, every time bring the inhabitants of the city to revolt, and the Foolovites continue to pester the prince with new requests for a "real" mayor. “Then the prince bulged his eyes and exclaimed: “There is no stupidity of bitterness, like stupidity! |
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