Recently, many complain that can not master, say, English, German, French, Italian or any other foreign language.They think they are incredibly complex: the word read is absolutely against the rules, the grammar is complicated, the pronunciation is not such as to be ...
How can that be?Experienced linguists are advised to just relax and try to get the most out of the process of cognition.Do you think that fate is not endowed you with linguistic abilities?Not true!One of the most difficult languages in the world you have surrendered!What?Russian, of course!
Do not believe me?In vain!Judge for yourself how the poor foreigners to understand, say, in our phraseologisms?However, why only foreigners?Well, for example, do you know what is meant by "talk of the town?"Chances are, most of us can only guess about the true meaning, but to hear it had far more than once.
here and vocabulary is unlikely to help.And what accounts for the poor tourists!Can you imagine?
It is this lexical units and will be discussed in this article.Let's try to define, to trace the etymology and find out the situations in which it would be appropriate to use it.
Section 1. What does the phrase "talk of the town?"
We will not hide the expression in our time found still quite rare.It is almost can be called archaic.According to experts, it is something that has gained great fame, t. E. That all negotiate the.A fact for a long time spinning on everyone's lips.
Although it is worth noting that such a common subject of conversation in most cases makes a mockery and disapproval of others.It turns out that if someone became the "talk of the town", this means that the type has been universally condemned, mocked, and as a result got a bad name.
Section 2. Biblical interpretation
Not everyone knows that the phrase, along with many others, is considered a biblical expression, because it has quite a religious subbase.For comparison, here are some examples.
example, the statement "a wolf in sheep's clothing" is taken from the Gospels and pronounced in the characterization of a hypocrite who hides behind a mask of virtue their bad intentions.
words "not of this world," said Jesus.They are used in case the description of the blessed man, steeped in dreams and cut off from the real worries.
But turnover "byword" (meaning phraseologism been given above) is taken from the Bible itself.Its lexical composition represented by the union of the word "parable" (short story, saying proverb with didactic sense) and "the town" (dialects, languages, tribes, nations).
It turns out that "byword" - not that other, as "a saying among the people", something that constantly interpret and that has gained wide popularity and caused ridicule and condemnation.
Section 3. Where it is possible to apply the idiom?
As noted, a popular expression "byword" is now used very rarely and mostly older people.Sometimes, however, such a statement can be heard in conversations progressive and well-read youth radeyuschie for conservation of the native language.In addition, many of the authors in their works use this phrase.
historians, by the way, note that the expression "byword" - this idiom, having Slavonic roots.It is often used in ancient literature, and had already designated the subject of general conversation and constant gossip.It turns out, its value is not changed.
Section 4. The most common synonyms
lexical units "byword" nowadays replaced by some well-known synonyms that are more familiar and relevant in modern Russian.Instead, it is often possible to hear from the people these words: tradition, belief, anecdote, a story, an example, a hint of legend, myth, fairy tale and many others.
