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"The Peasant and the Workman" (Крестьянин и Работник)
The Peasant and the Workman
also: Крестьянин и Работник
Ivan Krylov's fable, whose closing line -- of a man too slow to react before a bear seizes him -- Sergei Sergeich quotes as a verbal tic, unaware of how well it fits his own imminent ruin.
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- Visiting Friends §68 He had not time to gasp before the bear was on him
The proverbial closing line of Ivan Krylov's fable about a man too busy with small distractions to notice the real danger bearing down on him; Sergei Sergeich repeats it as a verbal tic, unaware of how well it fits his own case.
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