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The Russian idiom gori ono vsë sinim/âsnym plamenem ‘let it all burn with the blue/clear flame’: meaning, use, and variation

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The paper analyses the Russian idiom gori ono vsë sinim/âsnym ognëm/plamenem ‘ex-pression of contempt towards sth disguised as indifference; refusal to participate in sth’ (liter-ally, ‘let it all burn with the blue/clear flame’). Due to discrepancies in the lexicographic de-piction of the idiom in existant phraseological dictionaries, the paper proposes a new lexico-graphic definition, concentrating on semantics, expressiveness, structural invariant, micro-diachronic changes, as well as idiom variation.

Source: Linguistics and Language Teaching

DOI: 10.37892/2218-1393-2024-20-1-4-13

Author: Pavel Dronov

Language: English

Topic: Linguistic research and analysis

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4404137110

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