In the Russian language there are a lot of expressions, the origin of which we do not know anything. We use them in everyday life, we know or guess about the approximate value, but where it came from - we have no idea.
What does it mean to let me down under the monastery? Where did this expression come from? Now we find out.
Hello from a bitter life
At first glance, the stupid name of the subsection. The bitter life and the monastery somehow do not combine. Monastic inhabitants live with God. Where is the bitterness to come from?
In olden times, people went to the monastery from a difficult life. Having suffered a collapse in love, a severe setback in his life's journey, or such pain, after which the mundane existence seemed meaningless. Hence the expression "let down under the monastery." This is one version of the origin.
Husband and wife are one soul?
Oh, not a fact! Women in the old days were not lucky at all. A man could beat and just like that, and mocked in every way. And the woman only had to endure.
However, not everyone endured. Others, who are bolder, complained to their parents. And they already found a council on their bad sons-in-law. To his monastery, for correction. For half a year, or even for a year.
By the way, this is the second variant of the origin of the expression "let down under the monastery." The obstinate wives of their peasants “handed over” to the monastery with their complaints.
You don’t have a toilet here
Ancient cities still remember wandering singers. They walked, blind, in their streets. Pitying songs sang. The people used to be kinder, they gave the poor money.
How did they go, since they were blind? The guides led the singers. Most often from poor families or orphans. They themselves were in tattered clothes, and they gave the last piece to their ward.
Other tramps were grateful. Orphans were not offended, they loved in their own way. They existed peacefully, helping each other. But there were embittered singers. Deprived their life, gave a cool fate. Apparently, such people forgot that everyone is given a cross in strength. People do not get more than they can bear. They forgot, suffered and murmured. Yes, and the little conductor was beaten. How much in vain thrashed, taking out all their anger on him.
Yes, and just different guys met. Someone is crying quietly. And someone took revenge on the offender.
Such a singer would like to "go to the yard", and ask the attendant to take him away from people's eyes. And he is glad to try. He will lead the wretched to the monastery wall, assure that there is no one. The singer will be located with all the amenities, and the boy will have time to knock at the monastery gate. A monk or a novice will come out. The guy will show him a blind singer. The inhabitant will take a stick which, without understanding that the person is blind. And the singer will get on the back. He will carry away the force of his feet.
This is where the phrase “led under the monastery” came from, according to this legend.
Value
When we use this expression in our speech, what do we mean? This is usually a rebuke. The meaning of the phrase "summed up under the monastery" is as follows:
- Large setup. The man promised something, but did not fulfill it.
And not only in promises. Hoping for a man, and he stepped aside at the most crucial moment.
That’s what “let down by the monastery” is.
Conclusion
So, we examined the meaning of phraseology. We talked about his origin. And we can conclude that the most logical and simplest is the first version.