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Buckley’s chance Brother Jonathan, and variants of the name Jonathan continued to be used as slang references to Americans through the American Civil War. Brown Bess – кремнёвое ружьё (состоявшее на вооружении английской армии в XVIII веке) A nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army’s Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. This musket was used in the era of the expansion of the British Empire and acquired symbolic importance at least as significant as its physical importance. It was in use for over a hundred years with many changes in its design. One hypothesis is that the Brown Bess was named after Elizabeth I of England, but this lacks support. More plausible is that the term Brown Bess derived from German, as King George I who commissioned its use was from Germany. Another suggestion is that the name is simply the counterpart to the earlier Brown Bill. Brown, Jones and Robinson – Браун, Джоунз и Робинсон; простые, рядовые англичане (ср.: Иванов, Петров, Сидоров) Brown, Jones and Robinson can be identified with lower classes, humbler classes, rank and file, the crowd, the peasantry, proletariat, etc. In the pages of “Punch”, a British weekly magazine of humor and satire established in 1841, they are three middle-class Englishmen on their travels abroad. Buckley’s chance (Austr, New Zeal inf) – шанс Бакли; тщетная надежда; дохлый номер A forlorn hope; no chance at all. The phrase is often shortened simply to Buckley’s. Who or what Buckley was remains uncertain: the name is sometimes said to refer to William Buckley, a convict transported to Australia in 1802 who escaped and lived with the Aborigines for many years, despite dire predictions as to his chances of survival. 31