MENYAT’ SHILO NA MYLO <EXCHANGE AN AWL FOR SOAP> (‘TRADE BAD FOR WORSE’): DIALECTOLOGICAL COMMENTARY ON THE IDIOM
The article refers to the idiom menyat’ (smenyat’) shilo na mylo <change (exchange) an awl for soap>, which means ‘to make a bad choice; to choose the worst from several bad things’. After having critically evaluated the existing hypotheses about the origin of this idiom, the authors propose t...
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| Language: | English |
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Perm State University
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Vestnik Permskogo universiteta: Rossijskaâ i zarubežnaâ filologiâ |
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| Online Access: | http://press.psu.ru/index.php/philology/article/view/861 |