Let's talk about a phenomenon without which no detective can do, and in life it is quite common, and usually flares up due to some trifles. We answer the question about what is fuss.
Origin and full expression
First, I must say that this word is written through the hyphen "fuss". Previously, it meant "raw forest", that is, "forest growing in marshy places." And the word "cheese" is not related to cooking and is a short adjective from the full form of "raw". Originally they said "fuss fired", by this phrase was meant a forest fire.
Over time, people began to forget the original meaning, so other verbs that are not directly related to the fire - “start” or “brew” began to be added to the definition of “fuss”.
So we learned what "fuss" is from the point of view of the history of the language. But one thing is confusing: even before discussing the meaning, it is clear that a forest fire is a great misfortune for all inhabitants of the forest, as well as nearby villages and villages. How can one compare such an event with a trifle causing great unrest? Everything is simple here, it is only necessary to completely restore the expression, and it sounded like this: "Fuss fired because of a pine." One pine is nonsense in comparison with the whole forest.
Value
Now we are ready to reveal to the reader the secret of the meaning of the phrase “fuss”: “commotion due to trifles, nonsense, idleness”. By the way, not always the speakers follow implicitly the meaning recorded in the dictionary. Sometimes fuss is just a big commotion, but the reasons can be either serious or trifling.
For example, if you take any detective story, then a person who recently appears on stage or in a film may ask someone: “What kind of fuss, why is everyone so tense?”
It turns out that the uncle was killed because of an inheritance and all the relatives are convulsively thinking about who it might be.
But sometimes you can use the phraseology "fuss" in accordance with historical significance. For example, there was the film Love Can't Buy (1987). In it, all the excitement boils down to the fact that the main character Ronnie Miller wants to become a little more popular and invests the money accumulated on a telescope in a more profitable business: he asks the most effective girl in school to walk with him, or rather, to pretend, of course, without any intimacy. Cindy just needed the money, and Ron took advantage of the situation. Along the way, Sidney Mancini, so called the star of the school, teaches him the wisdom of popularity. We will not talk about all the transformations of the protagonist, for those who have not seen the movie will be uninteresting to watch. At the same time, an adult would probably have appreciated all this and would have said: “And why the fuss, what is so important in being the first guy in the village?”
We partly share the indignation and the righteous anger of a mature person, but it is worth remembering that schoolchildren cannot reassure themselves that life will be worse even further and they may be waiting for unemployment and divorce. The problems of man are the most important for him while he is in the stage of their experience.
Synonyms
Finally, we give the reader the opportunity to choose. “Syr-Bor” - phraseological unit is excellent, but it is not always out of place, as it is colloquial in nature. What words can replace it? The list follows:
- vanity;
- commotion
- disassembly;
- scandal;
- conflict;
- hassle;
- squabble;
- clutter.
We apologize to the reader for some repetition, but this is not a malicious intent. We try to arrange the text so that it is convenient for all people to read it and they can take what is necessary from the material. It is easier for someone to perceive information in the form of a list, and those synonyms that are scattered throughout the text will go unnoticed.
However, we examined the question of what “fuss” is, in some detail. We hope this was not only informative, but also interesting.