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The origin of popular expressions that we use, often without knowing where they came from.

Who will do this for you? Pushkin?

There are several versions of the origin of this famous idiom. On the one hand, Bulgakov's hero mentioned this phrase Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy in the novel “The Master and Margarita”: “Before his sleep, Nikanor Ivanovich did not know the works of the poet Pushkin at all, but he knew him very well and daily several times uttered phrases like: “Will Pushkin pay for the apartment? “Or“ The light bulb on the stairs, therefore, Pushkin unscrewed? ”,“ Oil, therefore, Pushkin will buy? ”“.

But, most likely, this phrase arose even before the writing of the novel, and Bulgakov simply included an idiom popular in Soviet times in the work. The fact is that in 1937 the centenary of the death of the great poet was widely celebrated in the USSR. It was then that Pushkin became “our everything”, monuments to him appeared in almost all cities, in many and several, and now his portraits hung in public places. Some experts believe that this is what contributed to the popularization of the expression: in any controversial situation, one could easily point to the image of Alexander Sergeevich and ask if the opponent would like to shift his duties, for example, to Pushkin.

run in a hurry

Puffs in Rus' was called a kind of underwear, something like pantaloons. If people run around in their underwear, then something out of the ordinary has happened - for example, a house fire, or some other misfortune. In such cases, people forget about decency and run away in what they were, in a hurry and fuss. Hence the expression "run in a hurry" - in a hurry.

To hell with the cakes


Kulichki in Rus' were called forest glades or islands in a swamp. The people believed that evil spirits like to settle there. And since such places are often located deep in the forest, far from human habitations, “in the middle of nowhere” has come to mean: very far away.

give the go-ahead

Good in the pre-revolutionary alphabet called the letter "D". In the code of signals in the fleet of those times, the flag corresponding to this letter meant: "Yes, I allow it." It was from here that the expression “give good”, and later the derivative “approve” came from.

Places not so remote

Before the revolution in Russia, there were two categories of links. The first - "to remote places of Siberia", for malicious violators of the law. The second "to not so remote places of Siberia" is a milder measure of punishment. For some reason, it was the second type of link that turned from an official term into a kind of synonym for the words "prison" and "colony".

Get to the handle

In Rus', kalachi was often baked in the shape of a castle with a round bow. The shackle was needed for hygiene reasons: kalachi is a popular street food, and there was nowhere to wash your hands on the street. Therefore, a person, eating kalach, held it by the handle, which was then given either to dogs or to the poor (it was not customary to throw away leftover food). It was about those who did not disdain to eat up the bows, and they began to say "reached the handle." So, go down completely.

Every dog ​​has his day

In the times of medieval Rus', the townspeople settled together, based on their occupation: there were streets of butchers, potters, sewing masters. They lived quite apart, but for the holidays, which each street had its own, people were invited from the surrounding areas. Everyone invited knew: today he was a guest, but soon there would be a holiday on his street.

Inside out

Shivorot - a luxurious embroidered collar, which the nobles wore during the time of Ivan the Terrible as one of the signs of dignity. If the boyar fell into disgrace, he was subjected to a shameful punishment: they put him on a thin mare with his back forward, in clothes turned inside out, that is, the collar was inside out. Since then, this expression has come to mean something done wrong, on the contrary.

hang dogs

"Hang all dogs" now means to accuse, to blame, sometimes even undeservedly. In fact, animals have nothing to do with this saying. The dog was called burdock inflorescences, that is, thorns. Which, indeed, can be "hung" on someone.

Go to the fire

An expression associated with the tradition of hospitality - in the small towns of pre-revolutionary Russia it was customary to invite guests by placing a tall candle in the window. If you can see a light burning on the windowsill from the street, then the owners of the house will be glad to see guests. Now this expression means “to come to visit without an invitation”, and then it was the candle fire that served as an invitation.

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HANG DOGS

HANG DOGS. In modern colloquial speech, the expression is used: hang dogs on someone or on someone's neck in the meaning of `to persecute, reprove, scold, accuse of something in every possible way.' In Ushakov's dictionary (4, p. 329), this phraseological phrase is given under the word dog. However, the meaning of the word is not indicated here. dog, on the basis of which the phrase was formed hang dogs on someone. Judging by the context, the compiler of the article about dog I was ready to associate this definition with the colloquial-swear word meaning dog -`scoundrel, despicable person.' However, this is not so. dog called thorn, burdock, burdock. The historian S. M. Solovyov in his "Notes" spoke of prof. P. M. Leontiev, classic, friend of M. N. Katkov: “Tension was Leontiev’s distinctive quality: he would cling to something - he would not lag behind; dog(`burdock') is the best likeness for him" (p. 131).

The note has not been published before. It is printed according to the manuscript preserved in the archive on one sheet of shabby, yellowed paper. - IN. P.

V. V. Vinogradov. History of words, 2010

See what "HANGING DOGS" is in other dictionaries:

    Blame, lie as if dead, slander, slander, slander, slander, slander, hang all dogs, slander, blacken the Dictionary of Russian Synonyms ... Synonym dictionary

    hang dogs- on whom. HANG DOGS on whom. Prost. To slander, slander someone, unreasonably accuse of something. Mansurov passed the paper from hand to hand. Here, they say, come forward ... And in this paper, worse than in a newspaper article, there are no dogs against Ignat ... ...

    hang dogs- Hang (all) dogs on someone Blame everything on someone l ... Dictionary of many expressions

    On whom. Prost. It's not fair to blame anyone. BMS 1998, 536; FSRYA, 442; SHZF 2001, 35; LC 1996, 207. /i> The dog is a burdock, which was hung on the clothes of the enemy for the purpose of conspiracy. Mokienko 1989, 90; Mokienko 1990, 142 ... Big dictionary of Russian sayings

    Hang dogs around your neck- to whom. Prost. The same as Hanging dogs on someone ... Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language

    hang- Hang your head to become discouraged, despair, sadly submit. Shut up and hang his head. riboeds. To hang dogs on someone or on someone’s neck (colloquial) scold in every possible way, blame someone. In the article, all the dogs were hung on him. Hang on ... ... Phraseological dictionary of the Russian language

    HANG, hang, hang, inconsistency. 1. (modern. hang) what. To make hanging, to give a hanging position. Hang a lamp. 2. (sov. hang) someone what. Take away life by hanging. In England they hang for murder. 3. (modern. book. weigh and unfold ... ... Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov

    hang- I ayu, aesh; nsv. (St. hang/sit) see also. hang, hanging 1) what to Place in a hanging position, attaching to something l., throwing over something l. Post an ad. Hang curtains… Dictionary of many expressions

    1. HANG, ayu, aesh; nsv. (St. hang). 1. what. Place in a hanging position, attaching to something, throwing over something. V. ad. V. curtains. V. paintings on the wall. B. coat in the closet. V. handset (end the conversation, put the handset on the lever ... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

Who will do this for you? Pushkin?

There are several versions of the origin of this famous idiom. On the one hand, Bulgakov's hero Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy mentioned this phrase in the novel The Master and Margarita: “Before his sleep, Nikanor Ivanovich did not know the works of the poet Pushkin at all, but he knew him very well and several times daily uttered phrases like: “And for Pushkin will pay for the apartment? “Or“ The light bulb on the stairs, therefore, Pushkin unscrewed? ”,“ Oil, therefore, Pushkin will buy? ”“.

run in a hurry

To hell with the cakes

give the go-ahead

Places not so remote

Get to the handle

Every dog ​​has his day

Inside out

hang dogs

Go to the fire

HANG DOGS on whom. HANG DOGS on whom. Prost. To slander, slander someone, unreasonably accuse of something. - Mansurov passed the paper from hand to hand. Here, they say, come forward ... And in this paper, worse than in a newspaper article, there are no dogs hung on Ignat(V. Tendryakov. Tight knot).

  • It's unfair to accuse...

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  • - on what and on what. 1. what. Hang a picture on a nail. Hang your jacket on the back of a chair. Hang a clock on the wall. On holidays, my mother polished a copper tray to a shine and hung it on the wall near the samovar. 2. on what...

    Management in Russian

  • - General Slav. Multiple verb to weigh "". Literally - "make hang" ...

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  • - to whom. Just...

    Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language

  • - In modern colloquial speech, the expression is used: to hang dogs on someone or on someone's neck in the meaning of `persecute, blame, scold, accuse of something in every possible way ...

    Word history

  • - ve / shayu, - shaesh, ...

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  • - see milestone. II. hang something, and with the pretext also to weigh, throw some thing on something, throw it over something, attach it to something so that it hangs, so that it remains at rest, without touching its lower end ...

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  • - HANG, -ay, -ayesh; incompatibility 1. what. Place in hanging position. B. painting on the wall. 2. whom. Execute the death penalty on the gallows. Hang your head to lose heart, to despair. | sovereign hang, eat, eat; - yeshenny...

    Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov

  • - HANG, hang, hang, not true. 1. what. To make hanging, to give a hanging position. Hang a lamp. 2. someone. Take away life by hanging. In England they hang for murder. 3...

    Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov

  • - hang I carry. transition To place something in a hanging position by attaching it to something or throwing it over something. II Nesov. transition Summons death by hanging. III bearing. transition unfold Determine the weight of I 2...

    Explanatory Dictionary of Efremova

  • - Dogs to hang on whom in every possible way to scold, humiliate. Wed Boleslav Ferdinandovich, you are eating watermelon here, and there the count is hanging dogs on you ... And all this because of your hair - and it’s as if your hair is too long behind you ...

    Michelson Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary (original orph.)

  • - on whom. Prost. It's not fair to blame someone. BMS 1998, 536; FSRYA, 442; SHZF 2001, 35; LC 1996, 207. /i> The dog is a burdock, which was hung on the clothes of the enemy for the purpose of conspiracy. Mokienko 1989, 90; Mokienko 1990, 142...
  • - Mord. Shuttle. About a very tall man. SRGM 1978, 72...

    Big dictionary of Russian sayings

  • - blame, lie as if dead, slander, slander, slander, slander, slander, hang all dogs, slander, ...

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  • - condemn, scourge, throw a stone, nail to the pillory, blame, stigmatize, stigmatize, ...

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What does "Hang all dogs" mean?

The origin of popular expressions that we use, often without knowing where they came from.

Who will do this for you? Pushkin?

There are several versions of the origin of this famous idiom. On the one hand, Bulgakov's hero mentioned this phrase Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy in the novel “The Master and Margarita”: “Before his sleep, Nikanor Ivanovich did not know the works of the poet Pushkin at all, but he knew him very well and daily several times uttered phrases like: “Will Pushkin pay for the apartment? “Or“ The light bulb on the stairs, therefore, Pushkin unscrewed? ”,“ Oil, therefore, Pushkin will buy? ”“.

But, most likely, this phrase arose even before the writing of the novel, and Bulgakov simply included an idiom popular in Soviet times in the work. The fact is that in 1937 the centenary of the death of the great poet was widely celebrated in the USSR. It was then that Pushkin became “our everything”, monuments to him appeared in almost all cities, in many and several, and now his portraits hung in public places. Some experts believe that this is what contributed to the popularization of the expression: in any controversial situation, one could easily point to the image of Alexander Sergeevich and ask if the opponent would like to shift his duties, for example, to Pushkin.

run in a hurry

Puffs in Rus' was called a kind of underwear, something like pantaloons. If people run around in their underwear, then something out of the ordinary has happened - for example, a house fire, or some other misfortune. In such cases, people forget about decency and run away in what they were, in a hurry and fuss. Hence the expression "run in a hurry" - in a hurry.

To hell with the cakes



Kulichki in Rus' were called forest glades or islands in a swamp. The people believed that evil spirits like to settle there. And since such places are often located deep in the forest, far from human habitations, “in the middle of nowhere” has come to mean: very far away.

give the go-ahead

Good in the pre-revolutionary alphabet called the letter "D". In the code of signals in the fleet of those times, the flag corresponding to this letter meant: "Yes, I allow it." It was from here that the expression “give good”, and later the derivative “approve” came from.

Places not so remote

Before the revolution in Russia, there were two categories of links. The first - "to remote places of Siberia", for malicious violators of the law. The second "to not so remote places of Siberia" is a milder measure of punishment. For some reason, it was the second type of link that turned from an official term into a kind of synonym for the words "prison" and "colony".

Get to the handle

In Rus', kalachi was often baked in the shape of a castle with a round bow. The shackle was needed for hygiene reasons: kalachi is a popular street food, and there was nowhere to wash your hands on the street. Therefore, a person, eating kalach, held it by the handle, which was then given either to dogs or to the poor (it was not customary to throw away leftover food). It was about those who did not disdain to eat up the bows, and they began to say "reached the handle." So, go down completely.

Every dog ​​has his day

In the times of medieval Rus', the townspeople settled together, based on their occupation: there were streets of butchers, potters, sewing masters. They lived quite apart, but for the holidays, which each street had its own, people were invited from the surrounding areas. Everyone invited knew: today he was a guest, but soon there would be a holiday on his street.

Inside out

Shivorot - a luxurious embroidered collar, which the nobles wore during the time of Ivan the Terrible as one of the signs of dignity. If the boyar fell into disgrace, he was subjected to a shameful punishment: they put him on a thin mare with his back forward, in clothes turned inside out, that is, the collar was inside out. Since then, this expression has come to mean something done wrong, on the contrary.

hang dogs

"Hang all dogs" now means to accuse, to blame, sometimes even undeservedly. In fact, animals have nothing to do with this saying. The dog was called burdock inflorescences, that is, thorns. Which, indeed, can be "hung" on someone.

Go to the fire

An expression associated with the tradition of hospitality - in the small towns of pre-revolutionary Russia it was customary to invite guests by placing a tall candle in the window. If you can see a light burning on the windowsill from the street, then the owners of the house will be glad to see guests. Now this expression means “to come to visit without an invitation”, and then it was the candle fire that served as an invitation.

The phrase “hanging dogs” that has become familiar means an unfounded accusation, injustice. If you think carefully, the question arises how such a strange expression could appear, associated with a seemingly so peaceful and good-natured creature like a dog.

Traditional versions

According to traditional explanations, the dog is associated with something annoying that accidentally stuck to a person or his clothes, for example, burdock, which since ancient times has been considered a symbol of evil, damage, and trouble.

By the way, burdock was imperceptibly hung on the clothes of an enemy or ill-wisher. To hang a dog means to send damage, to doom the object of one's hatred to failure.
The dog in this case is used as something, even today the expression "grab like a dog" means to stick tightly so that no force can tear it off.

However, the version according to which the hanging of dogs is associated with an old tradition of knightly times, which obliged to load the body of a dead dog on a disgraced knight or a representative of the noble class and force him to run away from a crowd of scoffers and onlookers, also seems quite plausible and has a well-deserved right to life and health .

Translations and meanings

It is interesting that in Arabic it was customary to denote a dog that came to the finish line before the rest, or simply overtaking, “visayt”, which means slander, in combination with a dog gives us something similar to our word slander, or slander.

Dogs, especially hungry and ownerless, have long been considered dangerous and bloodthirsty creatures. Gathered in flocks, they carry a rather serious danger to the surrounding people and animals that they accidentally meet on the way. Perhaps the meaning of the expression "hang dogs" lies on the very surface and lies in the property of mongrels to attack without warning and cling to prey firmly, just as a hunter clings to the body of his victim.

Hanging such creatures means doing meanness, driving a person into a corner, completely without giving him a single chance for rehabilitation or justification.

One can guess for a long time over the meaning of this famous phrase, come up with various versions or refer to the most famous explanatory dictionaries and opinions of authoritative linguists, one way or another, the meaning of the expression is simple, understandable, and most importantly reflects the very essence of the issue of false accusation.

What does "Hang all dogs" mean?

The origin of popular expressions that we use, often without knowing where they came from.

Who will do this for you? Pushkin?

There are several versions of the origin of this famous idiom. On the one hand, Bulgakov's hero mentioned this phrase Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy in the novel “The Master and Margarita”: “Before his sleep, Nikanor Ivanovich did not know the works of the poet Pushkin at all, but he knew him very well and daily several times uttered phrases like: “Will Pushkin pay for the apartment? “Or“ The light bulb on the stairs, therefore, Pushkin unscrewed? ”,“ Oil, therefore, Pushkin will buy? ”“.

But, most likely, this phrase arose even before the writing of the novel, and Bulgakov simply included an idiom popular in Soviet times in the work. The fact is that in 1937 the centenary of the death of the great poet was widely celebrated in the USSR. It was then that Pushkin became “our everything”, monuments to him appeared in almost all cities, in many and several, and now his portraits hung in public places. Some experts believe that this is what contributed to the popularization of the expression: in any controversial situation, one could easily point to the image of Alexander Sergeevich and ask if the opponent would like to shift his duties, for example, to Pushkin.

run in a hurry

Puffs in Rus' was called a kind of underwear, something like pantaloons. If people run around in their underwear, then something out of the ordinary has happened - for example, a house fire, or some other misfortune. In such cases, people forget about decency and run away in what they were, in a hurry and fuss. Hence the expression "run in a hurry" - in a hurry.

To hell with the cakes


Kulichki in Rus' were called forest glades or islands in a swamp. The people believed that evil spirits like to settle there. And since such places are often located deep in the forest, far from human habitations, “in the middle of nowhere” has come to mean: very far away.

give the go-ahead

Good in the pre-revolutionary alphabet called the letter "D". In the code of signals in the fleet of those times, the flag corresponding to this letter meant: "Yes, I allow it." It was from here that the expression “give good”, and later the derivative “approve” came from.

Places not so remote

Before the revolution in Russia, there were two categories of links. The first - "to remote places of Siberia", for malicious violators of the law. The second "to not so remote places of Siberia" is a milder measure of punishment. For some reason, it was the second type of link that turned from an official term into a kind of synonym for the words "prison" and "colony".

Get to the handle

In Rus', kalachi was often baked in the shape of a castle with a round bow. The shackle was needed for hygiene reasons: kalachi is a popular street food, and there was nowhere to wash your hands on the street. Therefore, a person, eating kalach, held it by the handle, which was then given either to dogs or to the poor (it was not customary to throw away leftover food). It was about those who did not disdain to eat up the bows, and they began to say "reached the handle." So, go down completely.

Every dog ​​has his day

In the times of medieval Rus', the townspeople settled together, based on their occupation: there were streets of butchers, potters, sewing masters. They lived quite apart, but for the holidays, which each street had its own, people were invited from the surrounding areas. Everyone invited knew: today he was a guest, but soon there would be a holiday on his street.

Inside out

Shivorot - a luxurious embroidered collar, which the nobles wore during the time of Ivan the Terrible as one of the signs of dignity. If the boyar fell into disgrace, he was subjected to a shameful punishment: they put him on a thin mare with his back forward, in clothes turned inside out, that is, the collar was inside out. Since then, this expression has come to mean something done wrong, on the contrary.

hang dogs

"Hang all dogs" now means to accuse, to blame, sometimes even undeservedly. In fact, animals have nothing to do with this saying. The dog was called burdock inflorescences, that is, thorns. Which, indeed, can be "hung" on someone.

Go to the fire

An expression associated with the tradition of hospitality - in the small towns of pre-revolutionary Russia it was customary to invite guests by placing a tall candle in the window. If you can see a light burning on the windowsill from the street, then the owners of the house will be glad to see guests. Now this expression means “to come to visit without an invitation”, and then it was the candle fire that served as an invitation.

 


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