Open AccessFrom Russian phraseology: ‘на попа’
Author(s) -
A. P. Zhuravlev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
slavânskoe i balkanskoe âzykoznanie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2658-3372
DOI - 10.31168/2658-3372.2019.3.4
Subject(s) - phraseology , slavic languages , parallels , terminology , linguistics , history , philosophy , engineering , mechanical engineering
The article is an attempt to determine the origin of the idiom ‘stand on end’ with greater precision. Looking for the sources of its roots only in the Russian terminology of physical games (‘gorodki’ and others) cannot be regarded sufficient, whereas drawing parallels with other dialects and non-Slavic languages may enable us to reveal a wider motivational model.