The origin of the phrase "Love passed, tomatoes wilted."
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Love is a feeling that arises between two people. Scientists associate this with a kind of chemical reaction. When the interaction of some substances in the body stops, love passes. Everyone knows the phrase "Love has passed, tomatoes wilted." In this article, we will try to figure out where this phrase came from and why it became so popular.
“Everything, love passed, tomatoes wilted, sandals (boots) are squeezed, and we are not on the way”: where did this phrase come from and what does this phrase mean?
In the 19th century, tomatoes were used not as a vegetable for consumption for food, but as a decorative plant. Usually this melting culture was planted in pots and near the arbors. Thus, plants decorated the house and a personal plot.
Translated by a tomato means “an apple of love”, so the girls often set a date with their lover in the gazebos around which tomatoes grow. After some time, the girls began to fasten the twigs of the plant to their clothes and corsets. If at that time the girl found such a twig, it meant that she was in a relationship and in love.
As soon as the girl took off the twig from clothes, it meant that she no longer meets her lover. All feelings faded, so the twig starred from the dress and thrown away. Since then, the line "passed the love of tomatoes."
Where is the phrase “Love passed, tomatoes wilted, sandals (boots) are clinging, and we are not on the way”?
Until 1991, this French expression was not used as often as after the specified period. The fact is that Oleg Savostyanov wrote a whole poem in 1991, which contained the lines "Passed Love Twisted tomatoes, shoes are shook and we are not on the way."
This comic poem instantly became popular, as someone has faded their feelings and people were no longer in a relationship. Since then, the lines about tomatoes began to be used quite often.
Humor poems:
Love has passed - edren Mother Flora!
Just a step from the cucumber to the tomato.
One wilted - the other heroically fell.
Such, damn it, the tragic ending.Love passed. The eggplant is snot.
I am lying alone. Without a husband, without pajamas.
A snow powder is in the window.
In the eyes - longing, in the hands - an electric shock.
The most interesting thing is that in response to the poem, a lot of comic works and poems appeared. The most interesting of them are above. Most contains the first line about the wilted tomatoes, the rest interpreted and composed who like it. But the essence of this line is that there is no more love and are no longer found in love.
As you can see, the lines about tomatoes and tomatoes did not arise out of the blue, but have a certain story.
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