France gave the world not only fashion, fine wines and unforgettable perfumes. From here came gourmet cuisine, balloons, food preservation. Of course, one cannot fail to say how beautiful French is the language of love. Due to its elegance, it has long been a priority in Russia. To this day, there are some expressions in French that have taken root and continue to be actively used in modern society. So, let's look at what it means to be "sweet".
Meaning and origin of the word
Note that the word comes from the French word echauffe, which means "excited, heated." But you should know that in France the use of this word has another meaning. So they say when there is a glut or overeating. This is the direct meaning of the word. In the figurative meaning of the word, they say this about a slightly drunk person.
Wothe times of Pushkin, Dostoevsky in a noble environment, alterations of French, German and Russian words were in vogue. Often such speech turns were attributed to specific authors. And "podshofe" - this is no exception in this case. But celebrities of that time only recorded such phrases and, as they say, gave them life in their environment. The formation of such word forms (for example, "podshofe") is the result of their "investment" in the speech of certain literary characters by those who were significant and famous. In their midst, Russian nobles, using this kind of alteration, understood each other perfectly, but representatives of other classes perceived such words as new. Its use in speech by a simple and illiterate person gave this expression a special "cute" irony. It is worth noting that the use of the preposition sub- originally in French, of course, is absent.
Writing
In this case, the image of the word causes a lot of options. In many sources, there is a discrepancy in the writing of the expression of interest to us. And as soon as it is not written! "Podshoe" or "under the shafe"? Sometimes you can see "padshafe"! You can find the spelling of this word with a hyphen. If in French the rules for writing this word are clear and understandable, then writing in Russian causes some bewilderment. So, the following should be clarified: “podshofe” is always, in all cases, without exception, written together and only through the letter “o”.
What's going on
It should be noted that the wordused exclusively in colloquial speech. In the literary application, this expression can be found quite rarely. The record holder for the use of the expression "sweet" is, perhaps, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. He not only used it in his works. Quite often, this phrase can be found in the personal correspondence of the writer.
Each of us understands that this light stage of intoxication is absolutely not dangerous for the people around. A person who is "underwhelmed" does not cause disgust. As, for example, the one who got drunk, as they say, "in the insole" or "on the board." A mild degree of alcoholic intoxication or "dizziness" is, first of all, high spirits, which is characterized by excessive talkativeness, a decrease in self-criticism, unstable attention, and impatience. A person strives for communication, he becomes complacent, loses orientation in time and space.
