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Meek as Moses already legendary, at least in the trade. By 1961, the year he bought the brothers out for $2.7 million, there were two hundred McDonald’s restaurants, and the company was on its way to becoming a national institution. The McDonald brothers never married and lived together in the same house. They had no special interest in wealth and fame. The McDonald’s one indulgence was to buy a pair of new Cadillacs every year on the day that the new models came out. They were single-mindedly devoted to achieving perfection in their chosen area, and created something from which others would derive greater credit and fame. The McDonald’s of today is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 33,000 local restaurants serving nearly 68 million people in 119 countries each day. Мeek as Moses – (библ.) смиренный как Моисей Very meek. This expression is a biblical allusion to Numbers 12:3: “Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.” The source of this statement has been the subject of much speculation, since it would seem oxymoronic for Moses, the traditional author of the book of Numbers, to have had it written about himself. Perhaps this statement was added to the text by Moses’ disciple Joshua, who worked closely with Moses for forty years before succeeding his mentor as the human leader of Israel. Merry Andrew – весёлый Эндрю, шут, фигляр, гаер Clown, buffoon, tomfool. In the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer (1810–1897) states that Merry Andrew was so called from Andrew Borde, physician to Henry VIII. To vast learning he added great eccentricity, and in order to instruct the people used to address them at fairs and other crowded places in a very vulgar way. Those who imitated his wit and drollery were called Merry Andrews, a term now signifying a clown or buffoon. In an early passage of “A Journal of the Plague Year” Daniel Defoe mentions merry andrews while describing the effects of the plague on London society: “… and the jack-puddings, merry-andrews, 108