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By the Lord Harry!
By the Lord Harry! – Чёрт возьми! (Lord Harry – шутливое прозвище дьявола) Can be used as an expletive. Lord Harry and Old Harry are yet more veiled reference to Satan. Sources are split over whether it is a corruption of Hairy (from satyr-like depictions) or from the same root as harry and harrow in their torment, ravage, pillage senses.
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Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion (saying) – Жена Цезаря вне/выше подозрений; человек, занимающий высокую должность, должен быть безупречен, чтобы даже подозрение не могло на него пасть Pompeia (born 1st century BC) was the second wife of Julius Caesar. In 62 BC she hosted the festival of the Bona Dea (“good goddess”), which no man was permitted to attend, in their house. However Clodius, a young patrician, managed to gain admittance disguised as a woman, apparently for the purpose of seducing Pompeia. He was caught and prosecuted for sacrilege. Caesar gave no evidence against him at the trial, and he was acquitted. Nevertheless, Caesar divorced Pompeia, saying that “my wife ought not even to be under suspicion.” Hence the modern expression that, like Caesar’s wife, a person in high office must act in such a way that no suspicion can fall on them. Calamity Jane (Am) – «паникёрша Джейн»; человек, вечно делающий пессимистические предсказания; пессимист, паникер Pessimistic, panicking, panic-stricken person; prophesying disaster. The phrase is better known related to Martha Jane Cannary (or Canary) Burke (1852–1903), nicknamed Calamity Jane. She was an American frontierswoman and professional scout who gained fame fighting Native Americans. She is said to have also
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