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1 религия древней Месопотамии
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2 Александр Македонский герой, но зачем же стулья ломать?
(Н. Гоголь)Of course Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash chairs over him? (trans. by C. Garnett); Alexander of Macedon was a hero, we all know, but that's no reason for breaking the furniture (trans. by A. Sykes) (the phrase is used jocularly in the sense of 'Why go too far?', 'Why should you go the limit in your emotions?' 'Why should you go to extremes?')Городничий.
То же я должен вам заметить и об учителе по исторической части. Он учёная голова - это видно, и сведений нахватал тьму, но только объясняет с таким жаром, что не помнит себя. Я раз слушал его: ну, покамест говорил об ассириянах и вавилонянах - ещё ничего, а как добрался до Александра Македонского, то я не могу вам сказать, что с ним сделалось. Я думал, что пожар, ей-богу! Сбежал с кафедры и, что силы есть, хвать стулом об пол. Оно, конечно, Александр Македонский герой, но зачем же стулья ломать? от этого убыток казне. (Н. Гоголь, Ревизор) — Mayor: Then here's the history master. I'm quite certain he knows his subject inside out, but he gets so carried away with it that he quite forgets himself. I listened to him once - so long as he was talking about the Assyrians and Babylonians he was fine, but the moment he got onto Alexander the Great you'd have thought the place was on fire. He leapt out from behind his desk, picked up a chair and brought it crashing down on the floor. All right, Alexander was a great man, but that's no reason to smash up the furniture. Those chairs cost money, you know. Government money. (trans. by Ch. English and G. McDougall)Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Александр Македонский герой, но зачем же стулья ломать?
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