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Raise Cain/Ned/Jack
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Raise Cain/Ned/Jack (Am old-fashioned) – буянить, скандалить; устроить скандал, поднять шум; учинить разнос, отругать If someone raises Cain, they make a big fuss publicly, causing a disturbance as if raising up or evoking the turbulent spirit of the first murderer; complain angrily about something causing trouble or creating an uproar: They know that the children’s parents will raise Cain if they’re excluded from classes. Cain was the first murderer according to Cain and Abel scriptural accounts in the Bible by José Vergara Gimeno (Genesis 4) and in the Koran (5:27– (18th century) 32). The biblical account tells of how Cain and Abel, the two sons of Adam and Eve, bring offerings to God, but only Abel’s is accepted. Cain kills Abel in anger and is cursed by God. Real McCoy – настоящий МакКой; настоящая, оригинальная, не поддельная вещь, не имитация; без подделки, без дураков; подлинный, настоящий Something that is the real McCoy is the genuine article, not a fake; the real thing – not a substitute or an imitation. The real McCoy is an idiom and metaphor used in much of the English-speaking world. It is a corruption of the Scots the real MacKay, first recorded in 1856 as a drappie o’ the real MacKay (a drop of the real MacKay), which clearly refers to the McKay (or Mackay) whisky and is widely accepted as the origin of the phrase. How it came to be McCoy is unclear – it is believed that the first recording with this spelling occurred in Canada in 1881. The phrase has been the subject of numerous fanciful folk etymologies ever since. There are several people and things that the phrase has
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