Today we talk about sustainable terms "slipshod".Phraseologism value is directly related to the history of Russian clothing.
little history
What sleeve?This piece of clothing covering the (fully or partially) our hands.In ancient civilizations, this item is completely absent in the suit.He entered the fashion of Europeans in the XII century.Since then, the hand began its triumphal march around the world.Gradually, he became one of the main decorations costume.Designers XV-XVI centuries invented dresses with removable sleeves.This innovation allowed the dress, change costumes with less.In Russia sleeve shirts traditionally had a fairly long.In men, they usually covered the first phalanx of the thumb.And the fair sex at all wore a suit sleeve which reached almost one and a half meters.At the wrist tissue collected spectacular folds.In holiday dress sleeves were so long that they were bonded by special bracelets.The girl came out to dance, to unbutton bracelet.Her hands became like the wings of the fabulous bird.
course perform daily work in a suit was extremely uncomfortable.You want to deal argue - need to roll up our sleeves.In the comfortable clothes you can work hard, do their best.About this employee, we say that he is doing something, "roll up their sleeves," that is actively, persistently, with great zeal.
«slipshod": the value phraseologism
appeared in Russia, and the opposite of the meaning of the expression sustainable.It has come to mean a careless, irresponsible attitude to work, the desire to do anything anyhow, sloppy, lazily, that is, "carelessly."Meaning phraseologism now clear even to a child, as was indeed the winged.It is actively used in the literary works of writers, teachers and parents at the school for educational purposes.Careless, lazy people carelessly read, write, learn their responsibilities, sew, build, run by - in short, to do any work.
more information
grammatically the word "later" - an old form of brief Communion from the verb "to pull".Today, we would say "slipshod", using a gerund.Because idioms do not require a statement of punctuation, we do not distinguish on the letter comma stable expression of "slack" (meaning phraseologism in this case does not matter).
Synonyms
to the expression "to work in a slipshod manner," you can pick synonymous Turnover: do something careless, careless, negligent, sloppy, bad faith, with the lazy, lukewarm, anyhow, through the stump-deck, Hodge-Podge, something-as if only got rid;moonlight;lazy;working under the lash.
analogues in other languages
always interesting to make a comparative analysis of the existing analogue of a phraseologism in other languages.So, instead of "doing a slipshod" Englishman will say the work with the left hand - «work with his left hand."If you are right handed, any case of the left hand, indeed, will be difficult, but the result will be unsatisfactory.Try to sew on a button with your left hand, write a letter, cut flat paper figure!
Language studies suggest that the word "left" in general, in many dialects often associated with something bad, a failure, even diabolical.Incidentally, before the story Leskov called lefty just incompetent worker, for which all of the hands of falls.But the writer was able to put in the name of the Tula masters a completely different meaning.Incidentally, among the Russian phraseologism considered synonyms and there is this: "How do the left foot."It has a more negative connotation.The idea is that the work is carried out so bad if people did not act hardworking right hand, and what little usable left foot.
In other nations there is also such a thing - "to work in a slipshod manner."Synonymous expressions in the Belarusian language - "Rabіts yak Mokrany garyts" (work as burning wet).Also used the expression "Rabіts yak not svaіmі rukamі" (to do if not with their hands), "Rabіts zaplyushchyўshy vochy" (to do with his eyes closed) and "Sharvarku adrablyats" (work sharvarok - a kind of serfdom in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth).
connotations
person who is not a native speaker, often difficult to understand the exact meaning of idioms.To work in a slipshod manner - is not the same thing as the slack, play trifles or sharpen fritters.These idioms are quite close, but the second is complete idleness, the third - an empty exercise unnecessary thing, the fourth - useless chatter.But we are considering the popular expression implies that the person doing the work, though badly, somehow, without a spark and desire sloppy.It should be accurate in the use of sustainable phrases.
