What does the expression "Parable in the Lanai" mean?

Recently, many complain that they can not master, say, English, German, French, Italian or any other foreign language. They consider them incredibly complex: the words are read absolutely not by the rules, the grammar is complicated, then the pronunciation is not at all as it should be ...

How to be? Experienced linguists advise just to relax and try to get the most out of the learning process. Do you think that fate has not endowed you with linguistic abilities? Not true! One of the most difficult languages of the world you already obeyed! Which one? Russian, of course!

Do not believe me? In vain! Judge for yourself, how can poor aliens understand, say, our phraseology? However, why only foreigners? Well, here's an example, do you know what the expression "Parable in the Lanterns" means? Most likely, most of us only guess the true meaning, although we had to hear it more than once.

Here and the dictionary is unlikely to help. And what about poor tourists! Can you imagine?

It is this lexical unit that will be discussed in this article. Let's try to define, trace the etymology and find out the situations in which it would be appropriate to use it.

Section 1. What does the phrase "Parable in the Lanterns" mean?

We will not hide this expression in our time is still quite rare. It is almost possible to call it archaism. According to experts, it means something that has become more famous, that is, that everyone is negotiating. A certain fact, for a long time spinning on everyone's lips.

Although it is worth noting that such a subject of general conversations in most cases causes smiles and disapproval of others. It turns out that if someone became a "talkative language", it means that he was subjected to universal condemnation, ridicule, and as a result received unkind glory.

Section 2. Biblical Interpretation

Not everyone knows that this phrase, along with many others, is considered a biblical expression, since it has a completely religious background. For comparison, we give a few examples.

For example, the saying "the wolf in sheep's clothing" is taken from the Gospel and is pronounced in the characterization of a hypocrite who conceals his bad intentions under the guise of virtue.

The words "not of this world" were spoken by Jesus. They are used in the case of a description of a blessed person, immersed in dreams and fenced off from real worries.

But the turn of the "parable in the country" (the meaning of phraseology was given above) is taken from the Bible itself. Its lexical composition is represented by the union of the words "parable" (short story, proverb, proverb with a moralizing meaning) and "in the tongues" (adverbs, languages, tribes, peoples).

It turns out that the "parable in the languages" is nothing more than a "proverb in the people", something that is constantly being interpreted, as well as that which has gained wide popularity and caused ridicule and condemnation.

Section 3. Where can you apply phraseology?

As it has been noticed, the winged expression "the parable in the languages" is now used quite seldom and basically by people of advanced age. However, sometimes this statement can be heard in the conversations of progressive and well-read young people, who are eager to preserve their native language. In addition, many authors use this phrase in their works.

Historians, by the way, note that the expression "a parable in the languages" is a phraseology with Old Slavic roots. It was often used in ancient literature and already then designated the subject of general conversations and constant gossip. It turns out that its meaning has not changed.

Section 4. The most common synonyms

The lexical unit of the "parable in the language" has now been replaced by some well-known synonyms, which are more familiar and relevant in modern Russian. Instead of it very often you can hear from people such words: a legend, a legend, an anecdote, a story, an example, a hint, a legend, fiction, a fairy tale and many others.