Himself no enemy of wine
One day, Catherine and Peter dined with Elizabeth in the empress’s tent. The empress sat at the end of a long table, Peter was on her right, Catherine was on her left, next to Catherine was Countess Shuvalova, and next to Peter was General Buturlin. Peter, with the help of General Buturlin—“himself no enemy of wine,” Catherine said—drank so much that he became completely drunk:
is the expression- 'himself no enemy of wine'usual?
himself no enemy of wine= adict oneself into something?
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is the expression- 'himself no enemy of wine' usual? No himself no enemy of wine= adict oneself into something? No.
- is the expression- 'himself no enemy of wine' usual?
- No himself no enemy of wine= adict oneself into something?
- No.
- It means that the General liked to drink a lot of wine, as did Peter.
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is the expression- 'himself no enemy of wine'usual? No
himself no enemy of wine= adict oneself into something? No. It means that the General liked to drink a lot of wine, as did Peter.
0iclearwater of General Buturlin—“himself no enemy of wine,”
He did not object to anyone (especially himself) drinking wine.
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