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And turpentine is good for anything!

Kozma Prutkov

Phraseologism: And turpentine is good for anything!

Meaning: Quoted as a way to cheer up someone or yourself, they say, nothing, and we'll fit in something else, show ourselves, have our say, etc. (jokingly ironic.)

Origin: The 60th aphorism from the collection of thoughts and aphorisms "The Fruits of Thought" (1854) by Kozma Prutkov. Turpentine is a resinous sap of coniferous trees, from which turpentine and rosin are obtained by distillation.

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Knot tying department and knot tying department.

Meaning:

About bureaucracy.

Origin:

The expression that M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin used in his Motley Letters, letter II (1884) characterized bureaucratic red tape, unnecessary clerical correspondence, a formalistic, soulless attitude to a living matter.

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