тесно переплетено

[upthera44.livejournal.com]

I just encountered the phrase "тесно переплетено" in Russian for the first time. It seems to me this is probably a borrowing/calque from the English phrase "X is inextricably linked to Y." I'm wondering, is this a common phrase or just an unusual calque? Thanks!

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[tlkh.livejournal.com]

Google returns 175000 results. So it is a common phrase.

[orie.livejournal.com]

It doesn't feel like a calque, it feels "normal Russian".

But it is not very frequently used.

[mithrilian.livejournal.com]

Google плетение из лыка. No, it's not a borrowing since as a rule peasants did not have a habit of learning foreign languages in spare time ☺

[leonore.livejournal.com]

It is quite common. You can hear it in political speeches and in discussions among friends. It's of neutral style. (I'm Russian, from Moscow. Just to let you know where this comment is from.)

[elvit.livejournal.com]

Ruscorpora.ru finds it in a book written in 1871-1908. :)

[leonore.livejournal.com]

It's not surprising, the phrase must have been around for ages. :)

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[lion-casserole.livejournal.com]

It means "firmly bonded", e.g. one cannot easily untie (disassemble) similar components, or break relations.

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[leonore.livejournal.com]

I support this definition. :) It's closer than the one given in the post.

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[lion-casserole.livejournal.com]

Yep, I would like to add this is a pretty common expression, I guess one need just catch what the verb "плести" originally stands for in Russian.

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[leonore.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the case!:)

[ybelov.livejournal.com]

More often we say "тесно связано", but the meaning is not exactly the same.

[icamel.livejournal.com]

связано -- неразрывно. тесно связано is illiterate contamination of these two expressions.

[kikimorra.livejournal.com]

I'd say it's pretty common (well, as much as such an expression can be common - it's not exactly everyday language, but in literature, in journalism, certainly common).

[pasl86.livejournal.com]

collocation
commonly used