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Winged words

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Winged words
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How to put an end to the "and", make a fly of an elephant and not bury talent in the ground? This educational book will help students not get lost in three pines and tell where the dog is buried. It contains winged words – figurative, apt expressions that have firmly entered our spoken and literary language. Winged expressions make our speech richer and more expressive, but we do not always know the history of their origin. Many of them are borrowed from the literary works of Russian writers, myths and legends of Ancient Greece and the Middle East, the Bible. Also widely used were the names of historical figures and events, the names of plays, paintings and films. The book gives etymology and indicates the source of the most famous words and sayings.
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