No zig is visible: the meaning of phraseology, origin, synonyms

In all languages ​​of the world there are phraseological units. These are such stable phrases that carry one common meaning.

Many of the phraseological units cannot be understood without knowing the history of their origin. This is because some words in the composition of expressions disappear from modern speech.

Phraseologisms with outdated words in the composition are called phraseological unions. They cannot be broken into pieces, otherwise they will turn into a meaningless set of words. Examples of fusion: to beat the buck, sharpen the hair , etc.

What does the expression "can not see any zgi", you can not understand the first time. What is zga? And why is she not visible? To answer these questions it is necessary to turn to etymology, that is, to the history of the origin of the word.

Value

Phraseologism "is not visible" is used in several meanings:

1. "Thick darkness." When pronouncing this expression, they mean that because of strong darkness it is impossible to see anything.
   Example: The darkness was such that no zgi could be seen.
   
   
2. "Crowd". This phrase is also used to describe the crowd.
   Example: Such a crowd that you can’t make out.
3. "Blindness" in a figurative sense. They often say that about love.
   Example: "Love does not see zgi", that is, love is blind.

What is zga? Let us turn to etymology.

Origin

Linguists argue about where the word "zga" came from and what it means. Some believe that with this word Russian people called a ring on an arc near a horse. However, how then to explain the proverb: "The blind blind man leads, but neither of them sees the zgi"? Adherents of this version cannot answer this question. That is why it is the least popular.

Other linguists argue that “zga” is the temporarily modified word “sty”. This word had the meaning "path, path."

This theory explains the proverb that was discussed above: the blind leads the blind, but they both see nothing, not even the track. It turns out that the meaning of phraseologism "is not visible" - "nothing is visible, not even the road." This version has more reasons.

Synonyms

The meaning of the phraseology “no zig is not visible” can be conveyed by other stable expressions. The darkness can be described by the following idioms:

1. "If the eye is piercing / poking out." There are no obsolete words in this phraseology, so we can understand the meaning from the context. So they say about such a thick darkness that even having lost your eyes, you will not feel the difference.
2. "The Darkness of Egypt" is an interesting phraseological unit, the meaning of which goes back to the Bible. God punished the rebellious Pharaoh by sending complete darkness to Egypt. This expression is found in Russian literature, for example, by the writer Mamin-Sibiryak.
   
   
3. "Total darkness." The word pitch is borrowed from the Greek language. Its meaning is "external, beyond." This word has received negative coloring since the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Representatives of the oprichnina (oprichniks), the so-called royal guard of those times, were called Kromeshniki.

Antonyms

The opposite meaning of phraseologism “no zig is visible” can also be expressed by phraseologisms.

"At a glance" is the main antonym of this phrase. It has the meaning of "clearly, clearly." According to one version, the expression went from clairvoyance. Guessing in the palm supposedly helps to see a person’s life path, his character and beliefs.