Surely many have heard the expression "I'm coming to you." Perhaps someone missed his ears, attributing incomprehensibility to the ignorance of the interlocutor or to the jokes of his own hearing.
But if everyone knew the true meaning of this expression, then most likely it would have sounded very, very often: at work, at school and college, in transport, in a store, and even at home. Such a being is a man - a conflict.
With dictionaries at the ready
Walking on you ... Who are they? Sometimes the phrase “I’m coming to you” is used in informal communication. In everyday life, they usually use the corresponding colloquial vocabulary, colloquial expressions. The phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language includes the expression "I am coming to you" to those.
What does this phrase mean? The following is an example:
"I'm coming to you, and no one, and nothing in this world will stop me!"
The meaning of this turn is as follows: boldly, honestly and bluntly declare a decisive challenge to the enemy.
A large dictionary of Russian sayings marks this expression as a book, that is, used in literature. Here, those who go to you are described as declaring war. They are going to start a fight with the enemy. And this is not necessarily military action. The battlefield may be a sports arena or discussion area. The same exclamation is sometimes warned about the start of a dispute, about an attack with devastating criticism.
In this case, phraseologism takes on a somewhat playful tone. Therefore, in the dictionary there is a note "sometimes humorous."
Jokes aside!
For many centuries, the phrase "I’m going to you" has meant that the person who spoke it publicly warned the enemy of his own, much more serious intentions to engage in battle.
These winged words were inherited by the descendants of one of the famous Old Russian princes.
Svyatoslav Igorevich was born in 942, and already in 972 he was gone. But before this great pagan ruler of Russia was ambushed by the Pechenegs and heroically died, and Kurya, the enemy prince of the steppes, made a feasting cup chained with gold from his skull, Svyatoslav left the brightest mark in the history of the country.
Before raiding anyone, this warrior always sent a messenger ahead. He was carrying a single message from Svyatoslav: "I want to go to you."
To correctly understand this expression, you need to know that the words of the nominative and accusative cases of the Old Russian language sounded exactly the same. Thus, the recipients of the message clearly understood it as "I want to go to you."
Why did the noble prince warn the enemy in advance? Did he really want defeat for his army? His superficial behavior seems, to put it mildly, stupid.
However, history has shown the opposite. Coming to you, having announced in advance, introduced a terrible panic and terrible confusion into the opposing camp. That is, the commander Svyatoslav Igorevich was an expert on methods of conducting psychological warfare.
In addition, the enemy immediately concentrated all the power of his own army in one place, where he was defeated by the glorious soldiers of Svyatoslav. If he didn’t declare his campaign in advance, he would have to exhaust his army and treasury by a long pursuit of the enemy, additional campaigns and the search for partisans on enemy territory.
Coming to you these days
Such a pathetic, beautiful and deep expression of antiquity sounds attractive to contemporaries:
- The Russian rock group Ivan Tsarevich, working in the genre of folk metal, has released the ethnic full-length album, "I'm Coming to You".
- The novel of the same name belongs to the pen of Victor Manuylov. It contains a description of the ancient Russian history of the middle of the 10th century and the struggle of the Grand Duke Svyatoslav with the main opponent of Russia - the Khazar Kaganate.
- The book "I'm Going to" You "was written by Igor Podgursky and Dmitry Romanovsky. She talks about the many compatible realities of our world.
There are many more similar examples.
Thus, the legendary phrase of a glorious ancestor not only remained in history, but is actively used, and not only in creativity, but also in everyday life.