How can you describe the behavior of a very enterprising person who does not give in to difficulties. What does he attach particular importance to? Not by washing so skating - but he will achieve his goal. So they say about particularly stubborn and not very picky people.
Felt boots
Of course, boots as a type of shoe have long gone out of fashion. But the expressions about them remained, because warm winter shoes, of course, were important. “Do not wash it like that” (idiom) is considered today. We offer the reader the first version of the occurrence of the phrase.
Those masters who in ancient times made felt boots possessed different techniques: they washed, soared, rolled, felted. Moreover, the rustic winter shoes that were rolled stood out in a special way.
Therefore, some experts believe that in the environment of shoe-making masters, a stable phrase was born.
Now, when the reader will be asked, what is the meaning of “not washing in such a way”, he can answer in this way, or in a different way.
Laundresses
In Soviet times, there were corrugated boards on which hostesses washed clothes. And even earlier, perhaps before the revolution, women used a “skating rink” - a kind of kitchen rolling pin and a “ruble” - an uneven board with small indentations to iron clothes. Women wrapped dry linen on the ruble and rolled it to perfect condition. This method could hide the flaws of an inadequate wash.
This is the second answer to the question, but what is the origin and meaning of "not washing by skating."
Executioners and tax collectors
There is a third hypothesis. In the old days, “washed” meant paying a tax or, in modern terms, a tax. If the money was not transferred to the hands of the then “tax inspectors” - tax collectors, then the person was transferred to the hands of the kata - executioner. In fact, here the definition of "bouncer" is more suitable, and if you really modernize, then the "collector". Now the expression "do not wash so skating." Importance in the light of historical retrospective: if a person didn’t pay, then he was tortured, in the end he would give money anyway. It is clear that the matter did not reach the murder, because the deceased is a bad debtor.
Meaning
Getting out of the dense forests of history to the light of today, it must be said that the speakers of the Russian language can not easily guess the meaning of phraseological units. All three hypotheses in one way or another contain the seeds of modern interpretation. Masters felted boots and so, and so on. Laundresses sought cleanliness in the same way using different methods, and we shouldn’t even talk about “tax inspectors” and “collectors”, because we were talking about them very recently. Thus, “not washing in such a way” (the meaning of phraseology) - can be interpreted as follows: in various ways to achieve the goal. The following example should clarify a lot.
A Crow and a fox
We all know the plot of this wonderful story. Vorone fell from the sky a large piece of cheese. She perched on top of the spruce and was about to have a delicious breakfast. The fox intervened in the plans of one of the smartest birds . The red-haired beast was also not averse to feasting. The cheesy spirit chained the cheat to that spruce on which the crow sat. The fox began to shower compliments on the “bird king”. The crow softened, croaked, and the cheese fell out. A sad story about how breakfast did not take place.
The reader will ask with displeasure: “What does the meaning of the expression“ do not wash so much ”?” Calm, only calm. The fox instantly assessed the situation and realized that she could not get to the crow. She sits too high. Therefore, the cunning "godfather" decided to get the bird in a different way - flattery. She succeeded brilliantly.
So how is it? Is the reader still unhappy? Or does he understand the connection between the phraseological unit we are considering and Krylov’s fable? Now about the tonality of expression.
When is a person entrepreneurial - is it good or bad?
It is difficult to answer unambiguously. The phrase “do not wash it like that” can be used in different contexts and carry different emotional meanings. For example, a student who compliments the teacher with compliments and thus passes the exam is unlikely to arouse admiration for his comrades. And the utterance will be applied exclusively to it in a negative sense.
And the film Ghost (1990) gives us a positive example of perseverance. The main character once said that Sam persuaded her to go on a first date, singing a song about Henry VIII.
Here it is possible to say with admiration: “Yes, I conquered the girl not by washing so skating!”
The reader himself will easily pick up many examples. For example, in the United States, good athletes go to college only to play football or hockey for the university, and then enter the professional arena. And as if walking they get higher education.
Someone, of course, can say that the knowledge behind such a diploma will not show up if checked. Maybe. But people got higher education. And the status of "graduate" in Russia and America is different, unfortunately.
So, about such athletes, one can also say that they graduated from a university without washing so much.
Finally, we recommend that the quitetal think over examples that he could pick up as an illustration for phraseological unit. Surely people who fit the description of the expression, in its environment will be mass, like any other.