What does "pique vest" mean? "Pique vests" by Ilf and Petrov.
People, can you tell me why I get exactly this impression from reading AS today?
While he indulged in his thoughts, absentmindedly walking back and forth, the old men continued to go about their daily business.
These were strange and funny people in our time.
Almost all of them were wearing white pique vests and straw hats boater. Some even wore hats made of darkened Panama straw. And, of course, everyone was wearing yellowed starched collars from which hairy chicken necks rose. Here, at the dining room no. 68, where the famous Florida cafe used to be located, the wreckage of pre-war commercial Chernomorsk gathered: brokers left without their offices, commission agents who withered due to the lack of commissions, grain agents, accountants who had lost their minds and other riffraff.
Once upon a time they gathered here to make deals. Now they were drawn here, to the sunny corner, by long-term habit and the need to scratch their old tongues. They read the Moscow Pravda every day - they did not respect the local press - and everything that happened in the world was considered by the old people as a prelude to the declaration of Chernomorsk as a free city. Once upon a time, about a hundred years ago, Chernomorsk was truly a free city, and it was so fun and profitable that the legend of “Porto Franco” still cast a golden sparkle on the bright corner near the Florida cafe.
Have you read about the conference on disarmament? - one pique vest addressed another pique vest. -- Speech by Count Bernstorff.
Bernstorff is the head! - answered the asked vest in such a tone as if he was convinced of this on the basis of his long-term acquaintance with the count. —Have you read the speech Snowden made at a meeting of voters in Birmingham, that stronghold of conservatives?
Well, what can we talk about... Snowden is a head! Listen, Valiadis,” he addressed the third old man in Panama. - What can you say about Snowden?
“I’ll tell you frankly,” Panama answered, “Don’t put a finger in Snowden’s mouth.” I personally wouldn't put my finger on it.
And, not at all embarrassed by the fact that Snowden would never have allowed Valiadis to put his finger in his mouth, the old man continued:
But no matter what you say, I’ll tell you frankly - Chamberlain is still a head too.
Pique vests raised the shoulders. They did not deny that Chamberlain was also a head. But most of all, Briand consoled them.
Brian! - they said passionately. - This is the head! He and his pan-European project...
“I’ll tell you frankly, Monsieur Pound,” Valiadis whispered, “everything is all right.” Benes has already agreed to pan-Europe, but do you know under what conditions?
The pique vests gathered closer and stretched out their chicken necks.
Provided that Chernomorsk is declared a free city. Benes is the head. After all, they need to sell their agricultural implements to someone? So we will buy.
At this message, the eyes of the old men sparkled. They have wanted to buy and sell for many years,
Brian is the head! - they said sighing. - Benes --
also a head.
When Ostap woke up from his thoughts, he saw that he was being held tightly by the side of his jacket by an unfamiliar old man in a crushed straw hat with a greasy black ribbon. His tie had slid to the side, and a copper cufflink was looking straight at Ostap.
“And I’m telling you,” the old man shouted in the ear of the great schemer, “that MacDonald will not take this bait!” He won't take this bait! Do you hear?
Ostap pushed the fuming old man aside with his hand and got out of the crowd.
Hoover is the head! - rushing after him. - And Hindenburg is the head.
© Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov “Golden Calf”
Do you happen to have the same impression?
“I’ll tell you frankly,” Panama answered, “Don’t put a finger in Snowden’s mouth.” I personally wouldn't put my finger on it.
And, not at all embarrassed by the fact that Snowden would never have allowed Valiadis to put his finger in his mouth, the old man continued:
But no matter what you say, I’ll tell you frankly - Chamberlain is still a head too.
Pique vests raised the shoulders. They did not deny that Chamberlain was also a head. But most of all, Briand consoled them.
Brian! - they said passionately. - This is the head! He and his pan-European project...
“I’ll tell you frankly, Monsieur Pound,” Valiadis whispered, “everything is all right.” Benes has already agreed to pan-Europe, but do you know under what conditions?
The pique vests gathered closer and stretched out their chicken necks.
Provided that Chernomorsk is declared a free city. Benes is the head. After all, they need to sell their agricultural implements to someone? So we will buy.
At this message, the eyes of the old men sparkled. They have wanted to buy and sell for many years,
Brian is the head! - they said sighing. - Benesh is also a head.
When Ostap woke up from his thoughts, he saw that he was being held tightly by the side of his jacket by an unfamiliar old man in a crushed straw hat with a greasy black ribbon. His tie had slid to the side, and a copper cufflink was looking straight at Ostap.
“And I’m telling you,” the old man shouted in the ear of the great schemer, “that MacDonald will not take this bait!” He won't take this bait! Do you hear?
Ostap pushed the fuming old man aside with his hand and got out of the crowd.
Hoover is the head! - rushing after him. - And Hindenburg is the head.
By this time, Ostap had already made a decision. He went over in his head all four hundred honest ways of taking money, and although among them there were such pearls as organizing a joint-stock company to raise a sunken Crimean war ship with a cargo of gold, or a large Maslenitsa festivities in favor of prisoners of capital, or a concession to remove store signs - neither of them was suitable for this situation. And Ostap came up with the four hundred and first method.
“It was not possible to take the fortress with an unexpected attack,” he thought, “we will have to start a proper siege. The most important thing has been established. The defendant has money. And judging by the fact that he refused ten thousand without blinking, that’s a lot of money. So, in view of the lack of agreement between the parties, the meeting continues.”
He returned home, having bought a hard yellow folder with shoe straps on the way.
Ostap silently walked to the bamboo table, put a folder in front of him and in large letters printed the inscription:
The foster brothers were looking at the folder from over Bender's shoulder.
What's inside? - asked the curious Panikovsky.
ABOUT! - said Ostap. - There is everything inside: palm trees, girls, blue express trains, the blue sea, a white steamer, a little worn tuxedo, a Japanese footman, your own billiards, platinum teeth, whole socks, dinners made with pure animal oil and, most importantly, my little friends, glory n the power that money gives. And he opened an empty folder in front of the amazed Antelopes.
Chapter XV
Horns and hooves
Once upon a time there lived a poor private owner. He was quite a rich man; the owner of a haberdashery store located diagonally from the Capital cinema. He serenely traded in linen, lace stitches, ties, buttons and other small but profitable goods. One evening he returned home with distorted face. Silently, he reached into the cupboard, took out a whole cold chicken and, walking around the room, ate it all. Having done this, he opened the cupboard again, took out a whole ring of Krakow sausage weighing exactly half a kilo, sat down on a chair and, looking glazedly at one point, slowly chewed the entire half kilo. When he reached for the hard-boiled eggs lying on the table, his wife asked in fear:
What happened, Borya?
Misfortune! - he answered, stuffing a hard rubber egg into his mouth. - I was taxed terribly. You can't even imagine.
Why do you eat so much?
“I need to have fun,” the private owner answered. - I'm scared.
And all night the private owner walked around his rooms, where there were eight wardrobes alone, and ate. He ate everything in the house. He was scared.
The next day he rented out half the store for the sale of stationery supplies. Now in one display case there were ties and suspenders, and in the other there was a huge yellow pencil hanging on two strings.
Then came even more turbulent times. The store now has a third co-owner. It was a watchmaker who had pushed his pencil to the side and occupied half the window with a bronze clock with a figure of Psyche, but without a minute hand. And opposite the poor haberdasher, who never stopped smiling ironically, sat, in addition to the hateful pencil maker, there was also a watchmaker with a black magnifying glass stuck in his eye.
Misfortune visited the haberdasher twice more. Additionally, a plumber entered the store, who immediately lit some kind of soldering stove, and a completely strange merchant, who decided that exactly in 1930 from the birth of Christ the population of Chernomorsk would attack his starched collars.
And the once proud, calm sign of the haberdasher acquired a vile appearance.
...TRADE in Haberdashery Goods Galantprom V. KULTURTRIGER
REPAIRING Various watches B. Pavel Bure GLAZIUS-SHENKER
Pique vests
From the novel (chapter 14) “The Golden Calf” (1931) Soviet writers Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and Evgeny Petrov (1903-1942).
The authors write about “respectable old men” (“almost all of them were in white pique vests and straw boater hats”) who gather in Chernomorsk at their usual place near dining room No. 68 and discuss the latest international news, which they gleaned from the newspaper Pravda. At the same time, they evaluate politicians, unravel their secret plans, and judge everything with the important air of experts:
“Have you read about the disarmament conference? - one pique vest addressed another pique vest. - Speech by Count Bernstorff.
Bernstorff is the head! - the asked vest answered in such a tone as if he was convinced of this on the basis of his long-term acquaintance with the count. -Have you read the speech Snowden made at a meeting of voters in Birmingham, that stronghold of conservatives?
Well, what can we talk about... Snowden is a head!..”
The pique vests seriously believe that in these large-scale plans a significant place is given to Chernomorsk - foreign powers are working to ensure that this provincial town was declared a free city (that is, a city with the right to duty-free trade), as the old people in Panama hats - former brokers, sales agents, etc. - really wanted.
Ironically: about people who are willing to have thoughtful discussions on topics of internal and foreign policy, but poorly informed and therefore content themselves with empty talk, absurd assumptions, and hypotheses.
- - Razg. Joking. About road repair service workers. Mokienko 2003, 31...
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Pique vests
From book encyclopedic Dictionary winged words and expressions author Serov Vadim VasilievichPique vests From the novel (chapter 14) “The Golden Calf” (1931) by Soviet writers Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and Yevgeny Petrov (1903-1942). The authors write about “venerable old men” (“almost all of them were in white pique vests vests and straw boater hats"), who gather in Chernomorsk for
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The stable phrase “pique vest” has long been firmly established in the Russian language, both colloquially and literary. But not everyone, when faced with this expression, understands what it means. we're talking about. This article will help you figure it out.
Interpretation
First, you need to understand the word “pique”. What is "pique"? This word French origin- pique, literally translated means “quilted”. In our language, this is the name for double plain weave, which has a convex pattern, that is, it is quilted and warm. Accordingly, no unusual meaning this phrase does not carry any meaning. What's so special about it? It appeared and became entrenched in our speech thanks to immortal work, which Ilf and Petrov wrote - “The Golden Calf”, published in 1931.
What does the expression "pique vest" mean?
For those who have not read or do not remember this from the book, a short excursion. In the novel “The Golden Calf,” in the city of Chernomorsk, respectable old men dressed in white pique vests and boaters gathered every day at their usual place near the dining room. The elderly men were left out of work, so they discussed the news that they had read in the Moscow newspaper Pravda, since the locals printed publications they didn't trust.
With an important air, like true experts in all fields of knowledge, they discussed what was happening in the world and in the country, assessed the actions of politicians and diplomats, unraveled their secret motives and plans, and thoughtfully discussed what they did not understand at all or had little knowledge of. And they also believed that their town was playing important role in world geopolitics. The emphasis on warm vests for seniors is because they are hopelessly outdated even for their time, both the vests themselves and their wearers. Subsequently, this phrase became
Pique vest - what does real time mean?
Actually, the meaning is almost the same as in the novel “The Golden Calf”. This ordinary people, ordinary people who like to discuss various controversial issues, presenting themselves as professional experts in all areas of science, politics, economics, sports, although in fact they are ignorant on this issue and in fact are engaged in empty chatter. At the same time, they present their opinion as the only correct one.
Has the meaning changed?
And yet, much has changed since the times described in the novel that Ilf and Petrov created, “The Golden Calf.” Their pique vests were respectable people who had nothing to do after. Nowadays, people completely become pique vests. of different ages, gender and social class. In fact, this phenomenon has become a kind of phenomenon, the reasons for which are difficult to understand. You never know what will push a person, even an intellectual, to become a pique vest.
Why is this happening?
The modern world with its technological progress has brought many new opportunities to the activities of pique vests. The Internet gives access to a wealth of all kinds of information. This is no longer just the Pravda newspaper, it is a mass of various sources: newspapers, magazines, radio, television, online publications, social media and others. And all this in free access. Besides, everything more people they don’t want to work, they don’t want to work, everyone wants to do nothing and get money out of thin air. They also spend all their time on the Internet. This is no longer the “Golden Calf”, where a pique vest can share his opinion with a group of interlocutors, now he has at his disposal a huge audience, millions of people.
This is where all sorts of so-called “experts”, “analysts”, as well as bloggers and simple commentators appear. It’s just that they don’t have their own opinion. They either interpret or simply retell the one that they consider to be the only true one. There is a direct parallel here with the novel. And it doesn’t matter at all if it’s the “yellow press” or something like that. There are many who are paid to pass off someone else’s thoughts as their own, which the customer needs. For Ilf and Petrov, this was an activity for the soul. In general, pique vests have clearly reached a new level.
A catchphrase in modern realities.
The very phrase “pique vest” is undoubtedly still relevant. However, new realities make their own adjustments, and now this catchphrase synonyms have appeared on the Internet. These are “armchair analysts” and “armchair troops.” Why sofas? But it’s no longer necessary to gather “in front of the covered veranda of Narpitovskaya dining room No. 68”; now you can do it on your favorite sofa at the computer.
As for the first one, everything is quite clear here. Armchair analysts clearly consider themselves experts on all sorts of economic issues, such as exchange rates, international economic relations, gasoline prices and the like.
Naturally, there is nowhere without politics. They write entire “analytical articles”, which, however, for the most part no one reads. They condemn the actions of the government, reveal political intrigues, predict elections and do so much more that it seems as if they are doing nothing else at all. The meaning of their life became like this.
Due to the fact that in last years Wars break out in one country or another, and in general the situation in the world is quite tense and explosive, a whole army of “couch troops” has appeared different countries. This type of pique vests imagines themselves to be real experts in the field of tactics and strategy of warfare, weapons, inciting and extinguishing military conflicts. They think that they are warm and comfortable, behind the screen of their monitors, and can see better how to fight than politicians, generals, and even soldiers at the front.
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And yet, the pique vests of Ilf and Petrov were harmless. Unlike modern people, they were not rude to each other. They only agreed that “Snowden is a head” and “don’t put your finger in his mouth,” or they disagreed, while looking their interlocutor in the eyes, and did not throw mud at him for having a different opinion.
"They were strange and funny people“- this is what is said about them in the novel. Modern pique vests are also strange and funny. Because many of their opuses are really funny to read. And how strange a person must be to waste a lot of his time writing blatant nonsense.
In “The Golden Calf,” the pique vests viewed everything that happened in the world as “a prelude to the declaration of Chernomorsk as a free city.” And now they view all events in the world as if everything that happens concerns them directly. Online, they foam at the mouth and tell politicians what to do, as if the top officials of the state will actually read them. The nuance that you can hide your identity on the Internet gives rise to a whole wave of rudeness, aggression and other negativity towards those who do not agree with your opinion. In general, the image of the pique vest, created by Ilf and Petrov, has changed somewhat and is firmly rooted in the life of society.
Pique vests
Pique vests
From the novel (chapter 14) “The Golden Calf” (1931) by Soviet writers Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and Evgeny Petrov (1903-1942).
The authors write about “respectable old men” (“almost all of them were in white pique vests and straw boater hats”) who gather in Chernomorsk at their usual place at canteen No. 68 and discuss the latest international news, which they gleaned from the Pravda newspaper. At the same time, they evaluate politicians, unravel their secret plans, and judge everything with the important air of experts:
“Have you read about the disarmament conference? - one pique vest addressed another pique vest. - Speech by Count Bernstorff.
Bernstorff is the head! - the asked vest answered in such a tone as if he was convinced of this on the basis of his long-term acquaintance with the count. -Have you read the speech Snowden made at a meeting of voters in Birmingham, that stronghold of conservatives?
Well, what can we talk about... Snowden is a head!..”
The pique vests seriously believe that in these large-scale plans a significant place is given to Chernomorsk - foreign powers are working to ensure that this provincial city is declared a free city (that is, a city with duty-free trade rights), as the old people really want in Panama hats - to former brokers, sales agents, etc.
Ironically: about people who are eager for thoughtful discussions on topics of domestic and foreign policy, but have little knowledge and therefore content themselves with empty talk, absurd assumptions, and hypotheses.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of winged words and expressions. - M.: “Locked-Press”. Vadim Serov. 2003.
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