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ORIGIN: A fictional slogan from George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945), a commentary on the totalitarian excesses of Communism. The saying alludes to Thomas Jefferson’s “All men are created equal and independent”, from the Preamble to the American Declaration of Independence (1776). all dressed up and / with nowhere to go как дурак с чистой шеей; остаться ни с чем M E A N I N G : said of plans fallen to the ground when life seems dreary, weary and slow Rob rang up and said he had to work late, so I was all dressed up with nowhere to go. ORIGIN: The Oxford English Dictionary has this catch phrase starting life in a song by G. Whiting (1912). The words gained further emphasis when Theodore Roosevelt decided to retire from presidential competition in 1916, leaving members of the Progressive Party all dressed up with nowhere to go. alphabet soup алфавитный суп / алфавитная каша M E A N I N G : a large number of books and documents, or simply titles and names, especially of organizations known by their initials 7