Reading A. Pisemsky's "The Stirred Sea": "Your tongue seems to be pitted, since it bends to every word…" Who or what is the writer talking about? The meaning of the phraseological unit "language without bones" will help you figure it out.
Phraseological unit
A lot has been said about phraseological units. But we will remember once again in order to be thoroughly prepared for what will be discussed in the future. So, a phraseological unit is a stable holistic figurative phrase, the meaning of which is in no way connected with the semantics of each element included in it.
For example, the meaning of the phraseological unit "language without bones" is one - excessive talkativeness, talkativeness. And it, in turn, is in no way connected with the meaning of the lexemes included in it - “language” and “bone”.
Meaning
At school, students often receive the task: "Explain the meaning of phraseological units." “Language without bones” is an expression that requires detailed parsing. Well, the question is interesting, and the phraseological dictionary of the Russian language, which contains frequently used expressions, will help us answer it. We open it, and this is what information he offers us: the meaning of the phraseologism "language without bones" is both a talker, and a person who talks too much, as a rule, without thinking about the consequences, and an ordinary fool.
Origin
There is no information about the origin of this figurative expression. Presumably, it is from the group of not borrowed, but primordially Russian expressions. The fact is that this image has developed among the people for a reason. A person, even despite the lack of knowledge and education, is inherent in observation. People have long paid attention to one feature of the human body - there really are no bones in the tongue, it is a muscle. What are bones? In the understanding of the common man, this is a kind of framework for organs, which serves as a barrier. Often, after hard, exhausting work, the bones tend to "ache and ache." Well, the conclusion suggests itself: if the language does not have a single bone, and no one and nothing holds or slows it down, then it is overly flexible, dodgy and can turn in the wrong direction. Sounds a lot like a talker or talker, doesn't it?
The meaning of the phraseologism "language without bones" - a talker, chatting incessantly - like his image itself, are also found in foreign phraseological turns. For example, in the Arabic language - "the tongue is pitted, but it hurts"; in Kyrgyz - "a tongue without bones, where you direct it, it turns there"; in Karelian - "a tongue without bones does not get tired" and others. This is evidence that the people themselves are its creator,and he came to us from ancient times.
