с легким паром!

• С ЛЕГКИМ ПАРОМ! coll

[formula phrase; Invar; fixed WO]

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⇒ a greeting to s.o. who just took a bath, often at a public bathhouse:

- hope you enjoyed your bath!;

- hope you had a good bath!

     ♦ [Лукашин:] Я понимаю, ванна в каждой квартире - это правильно, это удобно, это цивилизация. Но процесс мытья, который в бане звучит как торжественный обряд, в ванне - просто смывание грязи. И хорошие поздравительные слова - с лёгком паром - они же к ванне неприменимы: какой может быть в ванной пар? [Александр:] Ты прав, баня очищает (Брагинский и Рязанов 1). [L.:] Yes, having your own bathroom, it's the proper thing, I know It's convenient, it's civilisation. But having a good steam in the public baths is a ritual. At home it's just a matter of getting the dirt off. And that traditional greeting people give you when you come home from the baths-"I hope you enjoyed your bath!" It just doesn't apply to home bathing. What kind of steam can you get in a bathroom! [A..] You're right, the bathhouse is a place of purification... (1a).