"You never know?" - they say so when they are not sure of the success of the enterprise, but at the same time they hope for a miracle. Today we look at the meaning of epic phraseology, its synonyms, and also why the devil, and not God, is engaged in miracles.
Value
No one will argue that life is changeable, and this is its main advantage. For example, a person was poor, became rich, or, on the contrary, suddenly became impoverished and again began to value money. Life is a pretty scary thing, but fascinating. For example, a person is bored, and suddenly he has an urgent problem that needs to be addressed immediately, and there is no time for longing for world culture. All these events and collects under his wing the saying "what the hell is not joking."
No one knows what lies ahead, but both bad and good meanings can be extracted from the unknown. While there is no final answer, anything is possible. Therefore, it is worth trying, going forward, conquering the peaks. In other words, phraseology is quite life-affirming. In general, the phrase “maybe” is better than the sentence “never”.
Full version of the saying
There is a very interesting question: why does the demon say miracles in the saying “what the hell is not joking”? After all, it would seem that the celestial office should manage a miracle, but in this case a slip comes out. It can be assumed, for example, that God does not engage in such petty human affairs and entrusts this line to the devil so that he himself does not waste time on it. After all, it is not known what the Almighty is occupied with at least at the present moment. But everything turns out to be simpler. And the full version will convince us of this. "What the hell is not joking while God is sleeping." It's a shame that the time of the appearance of phraseology cannot be established.
The devil in the saying turns out to be atypical: for some reason it helps people when God does not see. Perhaps the whole point is that his double-edged help is always there: some people get what they wanted, while others suffer. For example, someone asks to help and give money, but at the same time, the person knows for sure that he will not repay the debt. Accordingly, the devil will undertake such a work, because one way or another it will increase the suffering in the world. Or maybe the devil is Robin Hood, who professes a class approach: the poor should be helped, and the rich should suffer. One theory is better than another, you don’t even want to stop, but you have to, time to move on to words and phrases that can replace phraseologism "what the hell is not joking."
Semantic synonyms
Of course, replacing the speech revolution, we will lose something irretrievably. But sometimes this is required by the almighty context, and indeed, folk tales - this is excellent, but not always out of place. Therefore, a list of synonyms comes in handy. There he is:
- everything can be;
- things happen;
- once a year and the stick shoots ;
- everything is possible;
- nothing is impossible;
- incredible, but it can happen.
Enough, perhaps. Some expressions are slightly awkward. If the reader can outdo us in wit, then we will gladly give him the palm of primacy in this difficult matter. But we are waiting for an entertaining example.
Writer or journalist - that’s the question.
After the phraseological unit “obeys the devil” (the meaning has already been revealed) submits to us on the first attempt, it remains only to come up with some catchy example. Take a novice writer who, by mistake, works in a newspaper. He writes about all sorts of torn pipes there in house No. 6 on Vasily Aksenov Street , but he thinks, of course, about how he will become a Nobel laureate. In short, he dreams of becoming a Russian Faulkner (a photograph of an American classic is attached).
And here is the case - a literary contest. And the journalist is in doubt: is it worth sending your novel or not. And then he meets a friend, he shares with him his worries. And that one:
“Well, what are you losing?” What the hell is not joking, maybe you win a prize, quit scribbling articles - you will live like a man! And there, perhaps, you will become a famous writer, part of Moscow bohemia. With all the consequences: an apartment, a car, beautiful women!
- You dreamed, I look. But you are right. If I don’t try, I will regret all my life. But I still leave the newspaper, I will become a free artist.
Moral: no matter who exactly helps, the main thing is that the person himself tries. Of course, God’s handwriting in fate is more pleasant to see than the grin of a devil, but you can reassure yourself that the demon is not Satan.