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Why is New York City Called The Big Apple?

New York City has been called many things—“The Great American Melting Pot,” “Gotham,” “The City that Never Sleeps”—but its most famous nickname is “The Big Apple.” So just where did this now-ubiquitous moniker originate?

MAKING A BIG APPLE

Over the years, there have been many theories about how New York City came to be called “The Big Apple.” Some say it comes from the former well-to-do families who sold apples on the city’s streets to make ends meet during the Great Depression. Another account posits that the term comes from a famous 19th-century brothel madam named Eve, whose girls were cheekily referred to as her “Big Apples.” But the nickname actually springs from a catchphrase used in the 1920s by The Morning Telegraph sports writer John J. Fitz Gerald in his horse racing column, “Around the Big Apple.” Beginning on February 18, 1924, he began every column with the header, “The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There’s only one Big Apple. That’s New York.”

At the time, the jockeys and trainers of smaller horses were said to want to make a “Big Apple,» which was their term for the big money prizes at larger races in and around New York City.

Fitz Gerald reportedly first heard «The Big Apple» used to describe New York’s racetracks by two African American stable hands at the famed New Orleans Fair Grounds, as he explained in his inaugural «Around the Big Apple» column: “Two dusky stable hands were leading a pair of thoroughbreds around the ‘cooling rings’ of adjoining stables at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans and engaging in desultory conversation. ‘Where y’all goin’ from here?’ queried one. ‘From here we’re headin’ for The Big Apple,’ proudly replied the other. ‘Well, you’d better fatten up them skinners or all you’ll get from the apple will be the core,’ was the quick rejoinder.” Fitz Gerald nabbed the colloquialism for his column, where it quickly took off.

CATCHING ON

Once the term entered the vocabularies of society up north, its popularity slowly spread outside of the horseracing context, and everything from nightclubs in Harlem to hit songs and dances about the city were named after “The Big Apple.” Most notably, New York jazz musicians in the 1930s—who had a habit of using the nickname to reference their hometown in their songs—helped the nickname spread beyond the northeast.

Throughout the mid-20th century, it remained New York City’s nickname until it was officially adopted by the city in the 1970s. The New York Convention & Visitors Bureau hoped that using the moniker would brighten the image of an economically downtrodden and crime-ridden city in decline and revive the tourist economy. In 1997, to give Fitz Gerald his (somewhat unjust) due, then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani signed legislation naming the corner where Fitz Gerald and his family lived at West 54th Street and Broadway between 1934 and 1963 “Big Apple Corner.”

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Apple day и apple идиомы

Сегодня, 21 октября, англичане отмечают Apple Day — День яблока. Вернее отмечают они его в ближайшие выходные после этой даты. Вообще в этот день славят не только яблоки, он также посвящён всем фруктовым садам и достопримечательностям Великобритании.

Ну а мы сегодня поговорим об идиомах и пословицах, связанных с яблоками.

A bad apple

так говорят о человеке, который имеет плохое влияние на окружающих. По-русски мы говорим “паршивая овца”.

Don’t let the bad apple destroy your project! — Не позволяй этой паршивой овце разрушить твой проект!

a bad apple появилось от пословицы a bad apple spoils the barrel – одно гнилое яблоко может испортить всю бочку. Отсюда понятно значение bad apple — речь не просто о том, что человек плохой, а о том, что он воздействует на окружающих, портит им жизнь.

Apples and oranges

apples /æplz — эплз/ яблоки
and /ənd — энд/ и
oranges /ˈɒrəndʒes — орэнджес/ апельсины

яблоки и апельсины

так говорят, когда начинают сравнивать вещи, которые несравнимы. Мы обычно говорим про такие вещи, что они слишком разные.

You can’t compare these two companies. They are just apples and oranges. — Ты не можешь сравнивать эти две компании. Они просто слишком разные.

Polish the apple

polish /ˈpɒlɪʃ — полиш/ полировать, натирать до блеска
the /ðiː — зы/
apple /æpl — эпл/ яблоко

пытаться получить чью-то благосклонность с помощью лести; стараться понравиться кому-то, подлизаться к кому-то.

He is annoyed with employees who often polish the apple. — Его раздражают сотрудники, которые часто подлизываются.

Big Apple — Большое Яблоко — это популярное прозвище города Нью-Йорк в США, когда большим яблоком называли важного человека (19-20 вв). А сейчас кличка Big Apple говорит о важной роли Нью-Йорка в жизни Америки и американцев.

The apple of someone’s eye

яблоко чьего-то глаза

кто-то или что-то, что очень любят; предмет обожания. Похоже на восточные фразы “о, алмаз души моей, рубин сердца моего, пахлава моего желудка. ”.

She has always been the apple of her father’s eye. — на всегда была предметом обожания своего отца (= Её отец всегда её обожал).

Upset the apple cart

опрокинуть повозку с яблоками

полностью испортить чьи-то планы.

Don’t invite her, she always upsets the apple cart. — Не приглашай её, она всегда всё портит.

когда-то давно, когда ещё не было машин, яблоки собирали в повозки и отвозили на ярмарку на продажу. Повозки ставили ровно, чтобы круглые яблочки не скатывались, не портя тем самым своё качество и внешний вид. А тот, кто всё же ненароком опрокидывал товар, срывал планы торговцев на рассчитываемую прибыль.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

doesn’t /dʌznt — дазнт/ не (служит для отрицания)

from /frɒm/ от (о расстоянии между 2 точками)

яблоко не падает далеко от дерева

используется, чтобы сказать, что дети обычно похожи на своих родителей, особенно когда говорят о чём-то негативном. В русском языке мы говорим “яблоко от яблони недалеко падает”.

How can he be so cruel?! — Look at his father. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Как он может быть таким жестоким?! — Посмотри на его отца. Яблоко от яблони недалеко падает.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

keeps /kiːps — кипс/ удерживать кого-то где-то

doctor /ˈdɒktə — до́ктэ/ врач, доктор

away /əˈweɪ — эвэ́й/ вдали, в стороне

яблоко в день удерживает врача на расстоянии

в русский язык это выражение пришло так — ешь по яблоку в день и доктор не понадобится. Идея в том, что употребление полезной пищи позволяет оставаться здоровым.

When my children refuse to eat fruit, I say “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. — Когда мои дети отказываются есть фрукты, я говорю им “ешь по яблоку в день и доктор не понадобится”.

Ну и отдельно хочется сказать об apple pie . Apple pie — это супер традиционное блюдо американцев — яблочный пирог. И с ним тоже есть несколько выражений:

be as American as apple pie

as … as /æz. æz — эз. эз/ такой … как

American /əˈmerɪkən — эмэ́рикэн/ американский

быть таким же американским, как яблочный пирог

используется, чтобы описать что-то типично американское.

Fast food is as American as apple pie. — Фаст фуд — это типичная американская еда.

as easy as apple pie

as … as /æz. æz — эз. эз/ такой … как

easy /ˈiːzɪ — и́зи/ лёгкий, простой

такой же простой, как яблочный пирог.

используется, чтобы сказать, что что-то очень простое, лёгкое. По-русски мы можем сказать “проще пареной репы”, “проще простого”.

Don’t worry, I’ll do it in a minute. It’s as easy as apple pie. — Не волнуйся, я сделаю это за минуту. Это проще пареной репы.

apple pie order

order /ˈɔːdə — одэ/ порядок, когда всё на своих местах

Дословно : порядок яблочного пирога

идеальный порядок, то есть когда пространство аккуратно и хорошо организовано.

I try to keep my things in apple pie order. — Я стараюсь держать свои вещи в порядке (= поддерживать порядок в своих вещах).

доподлинно происхождение этого выражения неизвестно. Есть мнение, что впервые выражение apple pie order появилось в северо-восточных штатах США, известных как Новая Англия. Местные домохозяйки нарезали яблоки для пирога ровными одинаковыми ломтиками и аккуратно один за одним складывали их в формы для выпечки. Отсюда пошло мнение, что женщины Новой Англии любят, чтобы все было по порядку.

Ну вот, пожалуй, это все «яблочные» выражения, которые я для вас собрала на сегодня. А вы какие-то из них слышали или, может быть, знаете другие? Делитесь в комментариях.

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