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Velvet Revolution
Vaclav Havel
Phraseologism: Velvet revolution.
Meaning: About a peaceful, non-violent change of power (regime, system).
Origin: Description of the political events in Czechoslovakia, when (1989) power passed from the Communist Party to a bloc of opposition forces through peaceful, democratic procedures. Attributed to playwright and President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel. As the compilers of the Polish reference book "Winged Words" (Warsaw, 1998) V. Markevich and A. Romanovsky point out, this expression first appeared (November, 1989) in an article by the British journalist Timothy Asch, dedicated to the events in Czechoslovakia.
Random phraseology:
Retreat to prearranged positions.
Meaning:
About a forced retreat in some business, which they seek to pass off as a pre-planned maneuver (jokingly ironic).
Origin:
An expression of the era of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, when the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces in the Far East (1904-1905), General Alexei Nikolaevich Kuropatkin (1848-1925), reported to Emperor Nicholas II about his defeats in such a cautious, soothing form: .. The troops retreated to previously prepared positions. These reports almost always became known to the press and were quoted ironically. |
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