the Blue Grass State

the Blue Grass State
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(the Blue Grass State (тж. the Corncracker State))
"пырейный (или кукурузный) штат" (прозвище штата Кентукки); см. тж. the Tobacco State

...he fathered two sons, Todd and Charles Jr., both born in Kentukky where their mother had gone in order that they could claim to be natives of the bluegrass state. (T. Capote, ‘The Grass Harp’, ch. 2) — ...судья Кул породил двух сыновей: Тодда и Чарльза Младшего. Оба они родились в Кентукки: Айрин уезжала туда перед родами, чтобы дети могли считать себя уроженцами "пырейного" штата.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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