проклятый вопрос
Russiannoun
Definitions
- 1.an intractable question which defies solution; an issue which is difficult to investigate or inquire into
Брось свои иносказанья И гипотезы святые! На проклятые вопросы Дай ответы нам прямые!
Brosʹ svoi inoskazanʹja I gipotezy svjatyje! Na prokljatyje voprosy Daj otvety nam prjamyje!
- 2.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see проклятый (prokljatyj), вопрос (vopros).
Etymology
From прокля́тый m (prokljátyj, “cursed, damned”) + вопро́с m (voprós, “question”). The phrase appeared in an 1858 translation by Mikhail Larionovitch Mikhailov of a German-language poem by Heinrich Heine and saw use in Russian literary and academic circles subsequently.
Forms
- прокля́тый вопро́сcanonical
- prokljátyj voprósromanization