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Gordon Bennett rather archaic and began fading from general use during the later part of the 20th century. It hasn’t quite “gone for a burton” but it is certainly well on its way. (Be) Going Jesse (Am) – успешное предприятие If something is going Jesse, it’s a viable, successful project or enterprise. Good Jack makes a good Jill (saying) – если Джек хорош, то и Джилл будет хороша (ср.: У хорошего мужа жена хорошая) If a husband or man wants his wife or girlfriend to be respectful and loving to him, he should be respectful and loving to her. Don’t blame your wife for being shorttempered with you; you’ve been so unpleasant to her lately. Another variant of the proverb is A good husband makes a good wife. Gordian knot – гордиев узел; любая сложная проблема The Gordian Knot is a legend associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem solved easily by cheating or thinking outside the box, i.e. thinking differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. An intricate knot tied by Gordius in the thong which connected the pole of the chariot with the yoke. An oracle having declared that he who should untie it should be master of Asia, Alexander the Great averted the ill omen of his inability to loosen it by cutting it with his sword. Hence, a Gordian knot is an inextricable difficulty, and to cut the Gordian knot is to remove a difficulty by bold and energetic measures: W. G. Sebald in “The Rings of Saturn” recounts the episode of Joseph Conrad who was shot or shot himself in the chest allowing him to cut the gordian knot of a stormy love affair. Gordon Bennett – Гордон Беннет! Чёрт подери! James Gordon Bennett, a newspaper baron, liked to announce his arrival in a restaurant by yanking the tablecloths from all the tables he passed. He would then hand 63