красный угол

• КРАСНЫЙ УГОЛ{{}}

[NP; fixed WO]

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⇒ a place in a peasant hut where icons are hung and a table is placed for honored guests:

- icon corner;

- sacred corner;

- place of honor.

     ♦ "Парамошин, конечно, демагог, крикун... но и ты тоже хорош. К тебе всякий народ ходит, а у тебя в красном углу церковный парад. Так ведь и билет положить недолго!.. По твоей милости и мне... намылят шею..." (Максимов 3). "Paramoshin is a demagogue and a loudmouth, of course. But you're not one to talk-all sorts of people come to your house, and you've got a religious display in the place of honor. That way you'll be handing your party card in before you know where you are. ...And thanks to you I shall get it in the neck, too" (3a).