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Golden calf

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Phraseologism: Golden Taurus.

Meaning: A symbol of wealth, the power of gold, the power of money. Hence the expressions "worship of the golden calf", "dance around the golden calf", etc.

Origin: From the Bible. In the Old Testament, in the Second Book of Moses (Exodus, 32), it is told about how the Jews, returning to their homeland from Egyptian captivity, wandered in the desert for a long time and completely lost faith in the imminent cessation of their wanderings. Then the clergyman Aaron ordered to collect all the gold jewelry that the Jews had, melt them down and make a golden statue of a calf (bull). The Jews began to worship this calf and make sacrifices to it in the hope of returning home: "And they said: Behold your God, Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!" (32:4). But the prophet Moses stopped this idolatry.

Random phraseology:

Wait a bit, and you will rest.

Meaning:

Quoted as a formula for consolation in a difficult situation (jokingly ironic).

Origin:

From the poem "From Goethe" (1840) by M. Yu. Lermontov (1814-1841): "Mountain peaks // Sleep in the darkness of the night, // Quiet valleys // Full of fresh haze, // The road does not dust, // Do not tremble sheets... // Wait a bit, // You will rest too." This is a translation of the famous poem by the German poet and scientist Johann Wolfgang Goethe, "Mountain Peaks", made by M. Yu. Lermontov.

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