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Wear Joseph’s coat 1742. Its unusual name, coined in 1858 by Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), a Scottish writer, essayist, historian and teacher, relates to Robert Jenkins, captain of a British merchant ship, who exhibited his severed ear in Parliament following the boarding of his vessel by Spanish coast guards in 1731. This affair and a number of similar incidents sparked a war against the Spanish Empire. Wear Joseph’s coat – (библ.) не поддаваться искушению, устоять перед соблазном The phrasal meaning is to resist temptation. Joseph’s father Jacob favored him and gave Joseph the coat as a gift; as a result, he was envied by his brothers, who saw the special coat as an indication that Joseph would assume family leadership. His brothers’ suspicion grew when Joseph told them of his two dreams (Genesis 37:11) in which all the brothers bowed down to him. The narrative tells that his brothers plotted against him when he was seventeen, and would have killed him had not the eldest brother interposed. He persuaded them instead to throw Joseph into a pit and secretly planned to rescue him later. However, while he was absent, the others planned and sold him to a company of merchants for 20 pieces of silver. The brothers then dipped Joseph’s coat in goat blood and showed it to their father, saying that Joseph had been torn apart by wild beasts. Weary Willie – неэнергичный, апатичный, вялый, хилый, слабосильный человек; тот, кто не любит работу или избегает её One who avoids or dislikes work; Willie, nickname for William: Weary Willie may say that he hates work, and quite willing to take less. Wellington boots // wellingtons – сапоги Веллингтона, высокие сапоги; резиновые сапожки (женские, детские) The Wellington boots, also known as rubber-boots, wellies, wellingtons, topboots, billy-boots, rainboots, etc. 172