1.Forbidden fruit Meaning: Something that is bad for you, illegal If an English-speaking person says that someone or something is “forbidden fruit”, they are saying that it should be avoided because it is bad for you. It can also refer to something that is taboo or illegal. Значение: Что-то, что плохо для тебя, незаконно( нелегально) Если англоговорящий человек говорит, что кто-то или что-то является “запретным плодом”, он говорит, что этого следует избегать, потому что это вредно для тебя. Это также может относиться к чему-то запретному или незаконному...

Forbidden fruit, as we know, is sweet, and it is sweet primarily because it is forbidden. In Soviet times, a standard GAZ-24 was an almost unattainable dream for the average citizen—nearly a fetish. But the GAZ-3102 was a dream twice over, made even more potent by the fact that it was entirely out of reach for the public. In the Soviet era, this car was sometimes compared even to a "Mercedes" and was widely dubbed the “Soviet Mercedes.” While this was a great exaggeration, of course, the two did have something in common...