“Without a hitch” (or “neither a hitch,”) people say about an impeccably completed business. Today we analyze the meaning, history, synonyms and examples of the use of phraseological units.
History
It is clear that the expression came to us from those who in ancient times were engaged in wood. And such a master, looking at a perfectly crafted tree, says: “Yes, beauty is without a hitch.” In other words, it is made so that there are no irregularities and roughnesses. Purely done. After all, each board before, before falling into the hands of the master, was a tree, so the task of the craftsman is to create a work of art that would hide its origin.
Now very few people remember the origin of the expression, but the speakers and those who know the Russian language clearly understand the meaning. “Without a hitch” is a work done on the conscience, in which it is difficult to find flaws. Rather, no matter how much you look, you won’t find it.
Russian language and phraseology
But roughnesses are not only on the tree, they are everywhere. Take, for example, text. There are well-written texts, and bad. There are different people and different styles. For example, Tolstoy and Bulgakov write differently. But their text is still smooth, although they are not alike. But only the editor knows what a rough text is - commas are not there, spelling errors. The editor makes it so that they say about the text: “Without a hitch! Great editorial work. ” Sometimes, of course, the editor spoils it, but we will not consider such sad cases.
Treated tree and project delivered on time
Now it’s very fashionable to use the word “project”. But a “project” is something immaterial, but even to it one can apply without a twinge of conscience “without a hitch”. This phraseology is universal.
The Russian national character is such that people at our place do everything at the last minute - the heritage of their ancestors. Our ancestors worked in the warm season and did nothing in the cold, so two features formed the Russian character - fantastic laziness and unimaginable hard work.
But now let’s imagine that German meticulousness has penetrated the Russian character and that all projects will now be delivered on time and in perfect condition. Imagine also that some boss was lucky, and he observes such a miracle. How to comment on this? A natural expression that begs: "Without a hitch!" The meaning of phraseology is disclosed above, we will not return to this issue.
Phraseological synonym - “the mosquito of the nose will not smudge”
Different things are said about the origin of the expression. There is a theory that it came from watchmakers. If the master worked in good faith, then all parts of the mechanism were so fitted to each other that even a mosquito could not stick his nose there. Similar hypotheses are associated with weavers. The thing is so well cut that even a mosquito will not find a flaw there.
You can develop this idea and think about a natural analogy, for example, this: mosquitoes bite (or, as they used to say, "sharpen") only unprotected places. If a person has completely protected his body, then the bloodsucker has nowhere to roam.
But you can find simpler expressions to replace the stable phrase "without a hitch without a hitch." It is quite simple to select a synonym. These may be adverbs:
- Perfect.
- Absolutely.
- Gorgeous.
- Luxuriously.
It can be said using adjectives:
- Good one.
- Clean.
- Conscientious.
The important thing is that all these are job or thing evaluations.
Composition and phraseological unit-synonym
Imagine a schoolboy who wrote an essay well. The teacher praised him, and now he flies home on wings. There a stern father meets him and asks:
“Well, d-lee, how is an essay?”
- Dad, everything is fine, the nose mosquito will not tarnish!
- More specifically?
- Grade "5". Master praised me very much.
“This is good news.”
"Wooden" sports metaphors and variations of phraseology
Commentators often say funny things, but not because, as the unenlightened viewer thinks, they are not so smart, but because the intensity of the sports competition is such that you forget even famous words. And the cleverness and prettiness in the first place perish in the furnace of emotions.
But sometimes those who accompany sports broadcasting say something that can be useful even to those who want to know the meaning of phraseology “no bitch, no hitch.” By the way, there are three variations of the expression that occur:
- Not a hitch.
- No bitch, no hitch.
- Without a hitch.
All three options are equal.
Returning to commentators. Today they often use the verb "sawed out". For example: “Messi cut out the perfect transfer to a partner.” Instead of Messi, this proposal can be substituted with the name of any athlete engaged in playing sports. Wherever there is full-time confrontation between people, one can “cut out” something better than an opponent. And of course, the ordinary verb in an unusual sense refers us to the expression in question. We anticipate objections, for example, such: it is possible to saw out not only a piece of wood, but also an iron part on the machine. Indeed, such an association is possible, but only for those who found the Soviet era with its cult of factories and proletarians. For modern youth, who grew up in reality, where the romance of the past is almost forgotten, the word “sawed out” will invariably cause “wooden” associations.
Moral phraseology
Like any phraseologism about work, the expression “without a hitch” sets up a person for serious work and suggests: any work should be performed at such a level that it would not be excruciatingly painful for wasted time. Any work should be done so that the mosquito does not undermine the nose - advice for all times, any person and every generation of people will need such a recommendation. We will not neglect it, but accept it with gratitude.