1. "бы" means "would", like when you are projecting or planning but not 100% sure and talk more about wishes than real actions. The whole thing could...
i think that's the correct way of thinking. That seems as the preferred matching, however сколько рыцарей пытались это сделать might also be correct...
a speculation could be: It's so close that you can reach it with hand. The expression is too told to trace its etimology. And it's fixed and can't be...
I don't think the logic of this idiom can be explaned via the modern meanings of the words. In general, подать is «to give or move something to some...
