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1 потёмкинские деревни
пренебр., ирон.lit. Potemkin villages ( dummy villages erected for show); cf. stage effects; a show of prosperity; eye-wash; bluff; fiction- Явная потёмкинская деревня! Сам Рогов, конечно, и глаз не кажет, ибо занят спешным устройством подобных оперных декораций... Представляю себе эти шофёрские кроватки в их обычном состоянии! (В. Ажаев, Далеко от Москвы) — 'Obvious stage effects! Rogov himself doesn't show his nose, of course - he's too busy behind the scenes I suppose... I can imagine what these drivers' cribs look like ordinarily.'
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