3.2. Особенности использования библеизмов в публицистике

В публицистическом стиле аллюзии к Библии используются для повышения выразительности текста, привлечения внимания потенциальной аудитории. Можно отметить любопытную тенденцию: как правило, к использованию библеизма автор статьи прибегает тогда, когда говорит о деятельности политиков в негативном ключе.

Be all things to all men – стараться угодить всем и каждому

In his campaign Jones has tried to appeal to every conceivable group of voters; he’ll soon discover that no candidate can be all things to all men [8].

Beat swords into ploughshares – перековать мечи на орала, перейти к мирному труду

Liberty United, a for-profit venture founded by Peter Thum, a socially conscious entrepreneur who created Ethos Water, turns guns seized by police in Philadelphia and Syracuse, N.Y., into cuff links, rings and necklaces. A pair of sword and plowshare earrings — a reference, Thum said in a phone interview Wednesday, to the biblical admonition to beat swords into plowshares — goes for $225 [38].

God’s punishment – Божья кара

«Phelps believed any misfortune, most infamously the deaths of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, was God’s punishment for society’s tolerance of homosexuality. He and his followers carried forward their message bluntly, holding signs at funerals and public events that used ugly slurs and read “Thank God for dead soldiers» [39].

David and Jonathan – Дэвид и Ионафан, неразлучные друзья

The affection of Damon and Pythias or that of David and Jonathan is not a circumstance to the love of the white Republican for the negro while the ballots are going on [8].

Have clean hands – иметь чистую совесть, быть честным человеком; не быть замешанным в чем-л.

I told them that my hands were clean, but they still demanded to search my house [8].

Manna from heaven – манна небесная

Bosses playing Santa, take heed: there are gifts that nearly every employee wants but also a few that make a lump of coal seem like manna from the heavens [38].

Put/set one’s/own house in order – «навести порядок в собственно доме», устроить свои дела, привести свои дела в порядок; исправить свои ошибки

Putting the 44-year old Mr. Milken in prison for ten years will change little unless corporate America and its financiers choose to put their own house in order… When the good times and the big deals return, crooks just as bad as Mr. Milken will resurface (The Economist). Once Ireland’s free of England it’ll be easier to the house in order (I. Murdoch) [8].

You reap what you sow – что посеешь, то и пожнешь.

Norwall, who wasn’t a gardener before gardening at the jail, said the experience has taught her a number of things, like how far apart to plant peas. But the most important thing the garden has given her is what it lets her give others.

“You reap what you sow and it’s amazing to see it,” she said [41].

Rise from the dead – восстать из мертвых.

THE Lazarus newspaper is rising from the dead [40].

The lion's share – львиная доля

With lead attacker Jimmy Baker garnering the lion's share of attention from opposing defenses for Brother Rice, outside hitter Steve Lona is delivering against favorable alignments [38].