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08/01/2023 - Enregistrement n° 50 - part 2 - 01:05:30: Expression - In plain language in the book, excluding cryptograms - current vocabulary

(Q - Pharaon: so I have 2 small questions about the famous expression. I would like you to confirm that the expression is clearly found in the book, excluding the cryptogram.)< /u>

MB: of course

(Q - Pharaon: so all the parts, all the parts encrypted in 420...?)

MB: Yes, elementary my dear Watson, the expression is clear in the book.

(Q - Pharaon: Very good and so I have a second little question, which is to finally know what advice you would give us to find this famous expression?)< br />
MB: Well, I tend to think that then, yeah, it's true that I'm a certain age and all that, people are going to make fun of me again, but I tend to think that few people today have a real appetite for reading, but when we take the trouble to read a text, firstly, we are able to discern the verbs, the subjects, the complements, the coordinations, the things you want, the conjunctions , whatever you want, and we are able to detect expressions.
And curiously, I realize that from the moment I say, there is an expression which has an importance, it goes in all directions people imagine God knows what, whereas an expression is an expression , it's a set of... it really exists, we use it on a daily basis no, but you, me, everyone, the job, I would say a certain number of times a year. Finally, it's part of everyday vocabulary and this expression, as if by a miracle, everyone misses, no one says it at a given moment, but this expression perhaps has a precise meaning...

(Q – Pharaon: So you precisely confirm that the part which will interest us in relation to this expression is an ancient meaning, the primary meaning of this expression, a historical meaning, and it is This is what will put us on the trail of the trigger. This is not the expression as we know it today…

MB: a meaning neither ancient nor anything, a literal meaning. What does this expression mean? Where does it come from, what does it mean?
Listen, listen to me, it's clear, clear and precise, I spoke to you about the example of the refrigerator, Frigidaire, it's a brand, today we say its fridge, we talk about its refrigerator as a a fridge because the Frigidaire brand has become a common name, we say a fridge, the fridge, it was a brand.
An expression which has an original meaning, it means something very precise and then it passes into common language and it takes on a much more general, much more vague meaning, Ah yes well there you go, there you go, that's it, there The expression is used like that, but originally, this expression has a very precise meaning, and that's what you have to look for.

(Q – Pharaoh: It was lost in time…)

MB: No, no, wait, that wasn’t lost. This expression always has the same literal meaning, it always means the same thing, it is always used by people who use it, let's say, in a professional way. These people always use it in the same way, but the general public, you and I, use it in a much more colorful way, much more literary in a way.