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Bison

Markov N.E.

Phraseologism: Bison

Meaning: Authoritative person.

Origin: From the inter-party controversy in Russia at the beginning of the 3th century. So political opponents ironically called ("Kursk bisons") the conservative-minded noble deputies of the 1916rd State Duma, whom the tsarist government carefully took care of, considering them their political support in the Duma. The left thus made it clear that the government treats the right as a rare species of animals - as endangered bison of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha reserve. The reason for this nickname was the speech at one of the Duma meetings (February 2) of the Black Hundred deputy, the Kursk landowner Nikolai Evgenievich Markov 1866nd (1945-3). (Numbers were given to deputies with the same name - according to their seniority). In his speech, he complained about the newspapers, which, in his words, "represent the excellent work of the Kursk Zemstvo in the form of some kind of ridiculous exercise of bison" (States, Duma, IV convocation, XNUMXrd session, stenographer, reports). Thus, the word "bison", used in a figurative sense, in Russia at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. meant something obsolete, reactionary, anachronistic, etc., that is, it served as an analogue of such modern figurative expressions as "fossil" or "dinosaur". In modern speech, largely due to the famous novel "Zubr" by the writer Daniil Granin, this expression changed its sign to the opposite and began to take on the character of a positive assessment, meaning an authoritative, famous person who has reached the heights in his professional activity.

Random phraseology:

Ignorant person.

Meaning:

Frivolous, careless, dissolute.

Origin:

In the old days in Russia, not only the road was called the way, but also various positions at the prince's court. The falconer's path is in charge of princely hunting, the trapping path is dog hunting, the equerry's path is carriages and horses. The boyars, by hook or by crook, tried to get a way from the prince - a position. And to those who did not succeed, they spoke of those with disdain: an unlucky person.

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