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Proverbs and sayings about happiness Russian proverbs In the absence of happiness, do not go to the forest to pick mushrooms! To be afraid of misfortune - and happiness is not to be seen. In sorrow, seek happiness. The fool is lucky, but God gave the smart one. Suffered happiness is stronger. Where there is not much, here happiness is not great. Stupid happiness, and clever ruin (or: bad weather). Silly happiness, but ...
Language is the wealth of the people (ethnos).
As Karamzin said: “The richness of language is the richness of thought!”. Indeed, language is a reflection of the thinking of the people. If the language is rich and diverse, then the thought does not “go in a straight line”, but has its own trajectory. So is the Russian people, they think differently and have accumulated such a colossal amount of experience that few European cultures can compare with ours, Russian Culture. The experience of our ancestors has been carefully and prudently embedded in literature. Legends and epics, proverbs and sayings - this is our true Slavic heritage, which we can rightfully be proud of.
Our ancestors were wise people and knew long before our days that sooner or later our Slavic world would experience, to put it mildly, not the best of times. Of course, not without the participation of Europe, if you don’t believe it, then take any adequate (not rewritten) history textbook and analyze the events of the “Byzantium-Europe” and “Russia-Europe” era.
But this is a separate topic for the article. Our ancestors were wise people and invested some of their experience in literature, namely, in proverbs and sayings. If works such as legends and epics can be banned, destroyed, stopped studying according to the school curriculum, finally, then proverbs and sayings are passed from mouth to mouth, i.e. exist freely in speech. And language is harder to deal with.
Do we know where certain sayings come from? What do sometimes incomprehensible words and phrases in them mean?
Let's dive into history...
All tryn grass
The mysterious "tryn-grass" is not at all some kind of herbal medicine that is drunk in order not to worry. At first it was called "tyn-grass", and tyn is a fence. It turned out "fence grass", that is, a weed that no one needs, indifferent to everyone.
Pour in the first number
Believe it or not, in the old school, students were flogged every week, regardless of who was right and who was wrong. And if the "mentor" overdoes it, then such a spanking was enough for a long time, until the first day of the next month.
Goal like a falcon
Terribly poor, beggar. Usually they think that we are talking about a falcon bird. But she's not here. In fact, the "falcon" is an old military ramming gun. It was a completely smooth ("bare") cast-iron ingot, mounted on chains. Nothing extra!
Orphan Kazan
So they say about a person who pretends to be unhappy, offended, helpless in order to pity someone. But why is the orphan specifically "Kazan"? It turns out that this phraseological unit arose after the conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. Mirzas (Tatar princes), being subjects of the Russian Tsar, tried to beg him for all sorts of indulgences, complaining about their orphanhood and bitter fate.
unlucky person
In the old days in Russia, "the way" was called not only the road, but also various positions at the prince's court. The falconer's path is in charge of princely hunting, the trapping path is in dog hunting, the equerry's path is in charge of carriages and horses. The boyars, by hook or by crook, tried to get a way from the prince - a position. And to those who did not succeed, they spoke of those with disdain: an unlucky person.
Inside out
Now it seems to be quite a harmless expression. And once it was associated with a shameful punishment. In the time of Ivan the Terrible, the guilty boyar was put back to front on a horse in clothes turned inside out and in this form, disgraced, was driven around the city to the whistle and ridicule of the street crowd.
lead by the nose
To deceive, promising and not fulfilling the promise. This expression was associated with fairground entertainment.
The gypsies led the bears by wearing a nose ring. And they forced them, the poor fellows, to do various tricks, deceiving them with the promise of handouts.
Scapegoat
This is the name of a person who is blamed for someone else's fault. The history of this expression is as follows: the ancient Jews had a rite of absolution. The priest laid both hands on the head of a living goat, thereby, as it were, shifting the sins of the whole people onto him. After that, the goat was driven out into the wilderness. Many, many years have passed, and the rite no longer exists, but the expression lives on.
Sharpen laces
Lassy (balusters) are chiseled curly columns of railings at the porch. Only a real master could make such beauty. Probably, at first, "sharpening balusters" meant having an elegant, bizarre, ornate (like balusters) conversation. But craftsmen to conduct such a conversation by our time became less and less. So this expression began to denote empty chatter.
Grated roll
In the old days there really was such a kind of bread - "grated kalach". The dough for it was kneaded, kneaded, "rubbed" for a very long time, which made the kalach unusually lush. And there was a proverb - "do not grate, do not mint, there will be no kalach." That is, a person is taught by trials and tribulations. The expression comes from this proverb.
Nick down
If you think about it, the meaning of this expression seems cruel - you must admit, it is not very pleasant to imagine an ax next to your own nose. In fact, everything is not so sad. In this expression, the word "nose" has nothing to do with the organ of smell. "Nose" was called a commemorative plaque, or a tag for records. In the distant past, illiterate people always carried with them such boards and sticks, with the help of which all kinds of notes or notches were made as a keepsake.
Break a leg
This expression arose among hunters and was based on the superstitious idea that with a direct wish (both down and feather), the results of the hunt can be jinxed. Feather in the language of hunters means a bird, fluff means animals. In ancient times, a hunter going on a hunt received this parting word, the "translation" of which looks something like this: "Let your arrows fly past the target, let the snares and traps you set remain empty, just like the hunting pit!" To which the miner, in order not to jinx it, also replied: "To hell!". And both were sure that the evil spirits, invisibly present at this dialogue, would be satisfied and leave behind, would not plot during the hunt.
Beat the thumbs
What are "backcloths", who and when "beats" them? For a long time handicraftsmen have been making spoons, cups and other utensils from wood. To cut a spoon, it was necessary to chip off a chock - a baklusha - from a log. Apprentices were entrusted with preparing buckwheat: it was an easy, trifling matter that did not require special skills. Cooking such chocks was called "baklushi to beat." From here, from the ridicule of the masters over the auxiliary workers - "bottlenecks", our saying went.
rub glasses
How can glasses be "rubbed"? Where and why? Such a picture would look very ridiculous. And the absurdity occurs because we are not talking about glasses at all, which serve to correct vision. There is another meaning of the word "points": red and black marks on playing cards. There is even a gambling card game, so called - "point". Since the cards exist, there have been dishonest players, cheaters in the world. They, in order to deceive a partner, indulged in all sorts of tricks. They were able, among other things, to quietly "rub glasses" - to turn a seven into a six or a four into a five, on the go, during the game, sticking a "point" or covering it with a special white powder. And the expression "rubbing glasses" began to mean "cheating", hence other words were born: "fraud", "fraudster" - a trickster who knows how to embellish his work, pass off bad as very good.
After the rain on Thursday
Rusichi - the most ancient ancestors of Russians - honored among their gods the main god - the god of thunder and lightning Perun. One of the days of the week, Thursday, was dedicated to him (it is interesting that among the ancient Romans, Thursday was also dedicated to the Latin Perun - Jupiter). Perun offered prayers for rain in a drought. It was believed that he should be especially willing to fulfill requests on "his day" - Thursday. And since these prayers often remained in vain, the saying "After the rain on Thursday" began to be applied to everything that is not known when it will be fulfilled.
Grandma said in two
In Russia, and now still in the villages, the word "Grandmother" or "Grandmother", in addition to its main meaning "your mother's mother" or "an elderly woman", also has an additional meaning - a fortune teller, soothsayer. In the saying “Hy, here you don’t even need to go to the grandmother” or “Don’t go to the fortuneteller” just indicates this with the meaning, the meaning of the question is extremely clear. Returning to the expression “Grandma said in two”, the word “In two” - in this context means, as we already know, ambiguity, ambiguity. Thus, the above expression means literally: "the fortuneteller did not give a definite answer." In a figurative sense - "it is not known how else things will turn out."
goof off
The fact is that in Russia it was considered indecent for a woman to show her hair. Women going out into the street hid their hair under a headscarf and cap. A woman who goes out into the street with open hair was considered a walker and no one would marry such a woman. For decent ones, if a strand of hair fell out from under a scarf or hat, then they said that she had made a fool of herself.
So the man could not goof off in any way and, accordingly, cannot.
With a pig snout in a Kalash row
It is no secret that earlier, in other matters, as now, in many cities, and in Moscow in particular, markets play a significant role in providing goods and food to residents. And earlier, even more so, the importance of the market was difficult to overestimate. Like it or not, but he was, perhaps, the only place where you can buy anything.
Strict segmentation allowed the buyer to navigate the goods, where they sell what. Accordingly, each group of goods had its own row, on which they were sold. But merchants are cunning and agile people, and often merchants tried to squeeze into a row with a product that did not correspond to the product for which this row was assigned.
For example, a pork merchant tried to sell his goods in a shopping mall where they sell bread products, say kalachi. Of course, the sellers of rolls will say to this "impudent face":
- Where are you with a pig's snout in a Kalash row ?!
Well, pork snout is not a swear word addressed to pork sellers, but only an indication of its products in general. He sold pork, well, pig heads in particular.
And the kalashny row is nothing more than a row where they sell rolls.
Breshet like a gray gelding
They say this about a person who constantly lies, with or without reason. This expression doesn't seem to make any sense at all. A gelding is a horse. Gray is the color of the horse. But it's a breat ... A horse is not a dog, it neighs, but it doesn't bleat at all. And a lying horse is also difficult to imagine.
And Peter the Great had a German engineer, he was distinguished by the fact that he invented all the stories. Yes, he spoke so smoothly that you would listen. The only thing was that there was not a word of truth in those tales. And the name of that engineer was Baron Sievers Mergen. So they said "Breshet, like Sievers Mergen." But, over time, the baron was forgotten, and the "Sivers Mergen", which is difficult to perceive by the Russian ear, was transformed into the more familiar "grey gelding". The German has sunk into oblivion, but the saying has remained
THE PROVERB IS NOT FOR FREE SAYS
BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE.
Handwritten postscript of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich (1629 - 1676) to the collection of rules for falconry, a favorite pastime of that time. It is usually said as a reminder to a person who, having fun, forgets about the matter.
TWO DEATHS CANNOT BE, AND ONE WILL NOT PASS.
The inevitable will happen anyway, whether you risk it or not. It speaks of the determination to do something associated with risk, danger, and at the same time with the hope that the danger can still be avoided.
FIRST PANCAKE Lump.
It often happens that the first pancake is not successful for the hostess (it is poorly removed from the pan, it burns), but the hostess determines from it whether the dough is well mixed, whether the pan has warmed up, whether it is necessary to add oil. It is said to justify the unsuccessful start of a new, difficult business.
CHASE FOR TWO HARES - YOU WILL NOT CATCH ANYONE.
It is said when someone takes on several (usually profitable) cases at once and therefore cannot do a single one well or bring it to the end.
GRANDMA SAID FOR TWO.
In two (simple) - indefinitely, with the ability to understand one way or another. It is not known whether what is supposed to come true; It is still unknown how it will be: one way or another. They say when they doubt the implementation of what they assume.
FOR ONE BEAT, TWO UNBEATEN GIVES.
They say when they understand that the punishment for the mistakes made is for the benefit of a person, because in this way he gains experience.
AN OLD FRIEND IS BETTER THAN TWO NEW ONES.
It is said when they want to emphasize the loyalty, devotion and indispensability of an old friend.
ONE HEAD IT'S GOOD, BUT TWO BETTER.
It is said when, when solving an issue, they turn to someone for advice, when they solve a case together
GET LOST IN TWO PINE TREES.
Not being able to figure out something simple, uncomplicated, not being able to find a way out of the simplest difficulty.
FROM THE POT THREE TOP.
Very short, short, small.
PROMISED WITH THREE BOXES.
A lot (say, promise, lie, etc.).
PROMISED THREE YEARS WAITING.
They speak jokingly when they do not believe in the speedy fulfillment of promises made by someone or when the fulfillment of what is promised is delayed for an indefinite time.
CRY IN THREE STREAMS.
That is very bitter to cry.
THE FIFTH WHEEL IN THE CART.
Superfluous, unnecessary person in any business.
SEVEN ARE NOT WAITING FOR ONE.
So they say when they start some business without someone who was late, or with a reproach to someone who makes many (not necessarily seven) wait for themselves.
SEVEN TROUBLES - ONE ANSWER.
Let's risk it again, and if we have to answer, then for everything at once, at the same time. It speaks of the determination to do something else risky, dangerous in addition to what has already been done.
SEVEN TIMES MEASURE CUT ONCE.
Before you do anything serious, think carefully about everything, foresee everything. It is said as advice to consider all possible options for action before starting any business.
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH.
Without an eye (obsolete) - without supervision, without supervision. The work is done poorly, unsatisfactorily, when several people are responsible for it at once. It is said when several people (or even organizations) responsible for a case rely on each other and each individually treats his duties in bad faith.
ALL TRIN IS GRASS.
The mysterious "tryn-grass" is not at all some kind of herbal medicine that is drunk so as not to worry. At first it was called "tyn-grass", and tyn is a fence. It turned out "fence grass", that is, a weed that no one needs, indifferent to everyone.
FILL ON THE FIRST NUMBER.
Believe it or not, in the old school, students were flogged every week, regardless of who was right and who was wrong. And if the "mentor" overdoes it, then such a spanking was enough for a long time, until the first day of the next month.
GOAL LIKE A FALCON.
Terribly poor, beggar. Usually they think that we are talking about a falcon bird. But she's not here. In fact, the "falcon" is an old military battering ram. It was a completely smooth ("bare") cast-iron ingot, mounted on chains. Nothing extra!
SIROTA OF KAZAN.
So they say about a person who pretends to be unhappy, offended, helpless in order to pity someone. But why is the orphan specifically "Kazan"? It turns out that this phraseological unit arose after the conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. Mirzas (Tatar princes), being subjects of the Russian Tsar, tried to beg him for all sorts of indulgences, complaining about their orphanhood and bitter fate.
INSIDE OUT.
Now it seems to be quite a harmless expression. And once it was associated with a shameful punishment. In the time of Ivan the Terrible, the guilty boyar was put back to front on a horse in clothes turned inside out and in this form, disgraced, was driven around the city to the whistle and ridicule of the street crowd.
LEAD BY THE NOSE.
To deceive, promising and not fulfilling the promise. This expression was associated with fairground entertainment. The gypsies led the bears by wearing a nose ring. And they forced them, the poor fellows, to do various tricks, deceiving them with the promise of handouts.
SCAPEGOAT.
This is the name of a person who is blamed for someone else's fault. The history of this expression is as follows: the ancient Jews had a rite of absolution. The priest laid both hands on the head of a live goat, thereby, as it were, shifting the sins of the whole people onto him. After that, the goat was driven out into the wilderness. Many, many years have passed, and the rite no longer exists, but the expression lives on.
SHARPEN LYASY.
Lyasy (balusters) are chiseled curly columns of railings at the porch. Only a real master could make such beauty. Probably, at first, "sharpening balusters" meant having an elegant, bizarre, ornate (like balusters) conversation. But craftsmen to conduct such a conversation by our time became less and less. So this expression began to denote empty chatter.
GRATED KALAC.
In the old days there really was such a kind of bread - "grated kalach". The dough for it was kneaded, kneaded, "rubbed" for a very long time, which made the kalach unusually lush. And there was also a proverb - "do not grate, do not mint, there will be no kalach." That is, a person is taught by trials and tribulations. The expression comes from this proverb.
NICK DOWN.
If you think about it, the meaning of this expression seems cruel - you must admit, it is not very pleasant to imagine an ax next to your own nose. In fact, everything is not so sad. In this expression, the word "nose" has nothing to do with the organ of smell. "Nose" was called a commemorative plaque, or a tag for records. In the distant past, illiterate people always carried with them such boards and sticks, with the help of which all kinds of notes or notches were made as a keepsake.
AFTER THE RAIN ON THURSDAY.
Rusichi - the most ancient ancestors of Russians - honored among their gods the main god - the god of thunder and lightning Perun. One of the days of the week, Thursday, was dedicated to him (it is interesting that among the ancient Romans, Thursday was also dedicated to the Latin Perun - Jupiter). Perun offered prayers for rain in a drought. It was believed that he should be especially willing to fulfill requests on "his day" - Thursday. And since these prayers often remained in vain, the saying "After the rain on Thursday" began to be applied to everything that is not known when it will be fulfilled.
BREAK A LEG.
This expression arose among hunters and was based on the superstitious idea that with a direct wish (both down and feather), the results of the hunt can be jinxed. Feather in the language of hunters means a bird, fluff - animals. In ancient times, a hunter going on a hunt received this parting word, the "translation" of which looks something like this: "Let your arrows fly past the target, let the snares and traps you set remain empty, just like the hunting pit!" To which the miner, in order not to jinx it, also replied: "To hell!". And both were sure that the evil spirits, invisibly present at this dialogue, would be satisfied and leave behind, would not plot during the hunt.
BEAT BUCKLES.
What are "backcloths", who and when "beats" them? For a long time handicraftsmen have been making spoons, cups and other utensils from wood. To cut a spoon, it was necessary to chip off a chock - a baklusha - from a log. Apprentices were entrusted with preparing buckwheat: it was an easy, trifling matter that did not require special skills. Cooking such chocks was called "baklushi to beat." From here, from the ridicule of the masters over the auxiliary workers - "bottlenecks", our saying went.
RUBBING GLASSES.
How can glasses be "rubbed"? Where and why? Such a picture would look very ridiculous. And the absurdity occurs because we are not talking about glasses at all, which serve to correct vision. There is another meaning of the word "points": red and black marks on playing cards. There is even a gambling card game, so called - "point". Since the cards exist, there have been dishonest players, cheaters in the world. They, in order to deceive a partner, indulged in all sorts of tricks. They were able, among other things, to quietly "rub glasses" - to turn a seven into a six or a four into a five, on the go, during the game, sticking a "point" or covering it with a special white powder. And the expression "rubbing glasses" began to mean "cheating", hence other words were born: "fraud", "fraudster" - a trickster who knows how to embellish his work, pass off bad as very good.
ON ANGRY (OFFENDED) WATER IS CARRIED.
This saying can be said to a person who is angry and angry in vain. The roots of the saying come from old colloquial speech. Then the word "angry" meant diligent, zealous, diligent. It was these diligent and diligent horses that were chosen for hard work - they carried water in barrels from the river. Thus, the most "angry" (that is, diligent) got the most thankless hard work.
THE WORD IS NOT A SPARROW - YOU CAN'T FLY OUT.
The proverb teaches - before you say anything, you need to think carefully. After all, it’s easy to say a word, but no matter how you later regret what was said ...
FEAR HAS BIG EYES...
A person who is seized with fear and frightened very often exaggerates the danger and sees it where it actually does not exist.
THE MOUNTAIN BORN A MOUSE.
The ancient Greek legend of the pregnant Mount Olympus is considered the primary source of this proverb. The god Zeus, afraid that the birth of this mountain would cause major upheavals in the camp of the gods, made the mountain ... give birth to a mouse. The proverb "The mountain gave birth to a mouse" is used in a situation where significant and gigantic efforts eventually bring an insignificant result.
KEEP HONOR FROM YOUNG.
From youth, adv. - from a young age, from a young age. Advice to young people from their youth to cherish their honor, good name (as well as to save clothes again, that is, while they are new). It is said as parting words to a young man at the beginning of his life path.
WITHOUT WORK YOU WILL NOT MAKE (you will not pull out) a FISH FROM THE POND.
Every business requires effort; without effort, diligence, nothing can be done. It is said when a lot of work, hard work is required to obtain any result.
DO NOT COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED.
In autumn (simple) - in autumn. Not all chickens born in the summer survive on farms until autumn. Birds of prey will carry someone away, the weak simply will not survive, which is why they say that chickens should be counted in the fall, when it is clear how many of them survived. You have to judge something by the end results. It is said when someone prematurely expresses joy at a possible success, although the final results are still far away and much can change.
SMALL SPOOL BUT PRECIOUS.
The spool is an old Russian measure of weight, equal to 4.26 grams. It went out of use after 1917, when the metric system of measures was introduced in the country, which was based on the meter (a measure of length) and the kilogram (a measure of weight). Prior to this, the main measures of weight were the pood (16 kg) and the pound (400 g), in which there were 96 spools. The spool was the smallest measure of weight and was used mainly when weighing gold and silver. Yes, opposed. union - a, but, however. Roads - kr. form m. from dear. Small in size, but valuable in its qualities. It is said about someone who is small in stature, but has many virtues, positive qualities, as well as something small in size, but very important in essence.
HERE FOR YOU, GRANDMA, AND YURIEV'S DAY.
The saying reflects one of the episodes in the history of the Russian people associated with the enslavement of the peasants. The emergence of serfdom, that is, the legally fixed right of a landowner (feudal lord) to a person, forced labor and property of a peasant, dates back to the time of Kievan Rus (IX-XII centuries). The peasants, although they were considered free (free), did not have the right to move from one owner to another during the year: the custom required that they leave only after all the field work was completed, at the beginning of winter, when the grain had already been harvested. In the middle of the 15th century, peasants were allowed to move from one owner to another once a year - a week before St. George's Day and a week after it (St. George's Day, that is, the day of St. George, in Russian, Yuri, the patron saint of farmers, was celebrated November 26, according to the old style, chronology). At the end of the 16th century, the transition of peasants was also prohibited on St. George's Day. Thus, the peasants were attached to the land and had to stay with their landowner for life. The peasants, who were waiting for St. George's Day as the only opportunity to change their master and try to improve their lives, had their last hope of changing their situation taken away. So there was a saying expressing regret for unfulfilled hopes.
They say when they want to express extreme surprise or grief at something that happened unexpectedly, which they just learned about and that took away hope, deceived expectations.
WHERE OURS HAVE NOT GONE or WHERE OURS HAVE NOT GONE.
Let's take a risk and try. It is said in a desperate determination to do something, taking risks.
EYES ARE AFRAID (fear), AND HANDS DO.
Starting a big job, you are afraid that you will not cope, and when you start it, you calm down, you understand that you are able to overcome all difficulties.
It is said to cheer up before starting a big or unfamiliar job, or pronounced with joy when such work is done.
WHERE IT IS THIN, THERE IT TEARS.
Trouble, misfortune usually happens where something is unreliable, fragile. They say when trouble happens, a nuisance, although before that it was already bad.
HUNGER NOT Auntie.
Initially: hunger is not an aunt, she will not slip a pie. It is said when the feeling of hunger makes you eat even what you do not like, or do things that you would not do under other circumstances.
LEOPARD CHANGE HIS SPOTS.
The ingrained flaws or oddities of a person cannot be corrected. It is said when there is a conviction that a person will not change.
NEED TO FIND OUT CLICK.
Goli, goli, f., collected. (obsolete) - beggars, poor. Hitra - kr. form w. R. from cunning, here (obsolete): resourceful, skillful in something. The lack, the absence of something, forces one to be inventive, to use what is available, what is at hand. It is said with approval or satisfaction when, due to a lack of something necessary, they come up with something original and, as a rule, cheap.
BUCKWHEAT PRAISE ITSELF.
Buckwheat - made from buckwheat grains. Buckwheat is a herbaceous plant, from the seeds of which cereals and flour are made. Buckwheat porridge is one of the favorite dishes of Russians. Buckwheat porridge is so good, so tasty, its virtues are so obvious to everyone that it does not need to be praised. It is spoken with mocking condemnation of an immodest person, when he praises himself, speaks of his merits.
PREPARE THE SLED IN THE SUMMER AND THE CARRIAGE IN THE WINTER.
Sleigh, sleigh, only many - a winter wagon on two skids for driving in the snow. A cart is a four-wheeled summer cart for transporting goods. A horse is harnessed to the sleigh and cart. Get ready for everything in advance. It is said as advice to prepare in advance everything that will be needed in the future.
THUNDER DOES NOT RING, THE MAN WILL NOT CROSS.
Rumble (1 and 2 liters. Not used), owls - suddenly rumble, rattle. A peasant (obsolete) is a peasant.
To cross, - I am baptized, - I am baptized, owl - make a sign of the cross on myself with my hand: put three fingers folded together (thumb, index and middle) of the right hand in succession to the forehead, to the chest, to one and the other shoulder. People who believed in God, professed the Christian religion, were baptized in many cases of daily life. It was an obligatory ritual during prayer (at home and in church), before eating, at the entrance to the hut (they were baptized, looking at the icons in the corner), etc. They baptized their mouths during yawning, baptized loved ones who left or went far and for a long time, they were baptized from fear at the sound of thunder, etc. In the old days, believers were afraid of thunderstorms as an inexplicable natural phenomenon. When thunder rumbled, it was believed that thunder (not lightning) could bring misfortune (kill, cause a fire). Therefore, in order to avert misfortune, to avoid misfortune from a thunderstorm, people were baptized precisely during thunder, as if thunder warned of a possible misfortune.
Until trouble or trouble happens, a careless person does not remember them and does not take measures to prevent them. It is said when they do at the last moment what should have been done in advance.
GIVE YOUR WORD, HOLD ON.
Either be true to your word, or don't promise. It is spoken as a reminder of a promise made or as a reproach for an unfulfilled promise, as well as a warning, advice to refrain from promises if there is no certainty that you can fulfill them.
THEY DO NOT LOOK AT A GIVEN HORSE'S TEETH.
Gifted (colloquial) - donated, received as a gift. A horse's teeth are examined when they want to determine its age. An old horse has worn out teeth, so when buying a horse, be sure to look at its teeth so as not to buy an old one. The gift is not discussed, they accept what they give. They say when they receive as a gift some thing that they don’t like and that they themselves would not choose.
BUSINESS IS GOING ON, THE OFFICE WRITES.
It is said jokingly about someone's vigorous activity, which is not influenced by any external circumstances.
BUSINESS IS WHITE SOOT.
Soot - black particles from incomplete combustion of fuel, settling on the internal surfaces of stoves and chimneys. Soot is a symbol of the blackest color, there is no white soot, and the playful comparison "white as soot" essentially characterizes a black object. The word "black" in a figurative sense means "gloomy, heavy." Bela - kr. form w. R. from white. Usually said in response to the question "How are you?" when things are going badly or when they do not want to answer specifically and are limited to this vague answer (the answer implies an unsatisfactory state of affairs).
THE CHILD DOES NOT CRY, THE MOTHER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.
Understand, naughty. (obsolete) - to understand something, to guess about something. If you do not tell yourself what you need, no one will guess about it and therefore will not be able to help. It is said when the lack of help to someone is explained by ignorance of his needs.
HOUSE WALLS HELP.
At home or in a familiar, familiar environment, a person feels more confident and calmer. It is said with confidence or with the hope that in a familiar environment it will be easier to cope with any business.
ROAD SPOON TO DINNER.
Road - kr. form w. R. from dear; here: "important, valuable to someone, one that is valued." Expensive, valuable is what appears at the right time. It is said when something is done or received on time, exactly at the moment when it is especially interested or needed, or it is said as a reproach to someone who did not do what was necessary on time.
FRIENDS ARE KNOWN (recognized) IN TROUBLE.
Only in difficult times do you find out who your true friend is. It is said in relation to someone who turned out to be very attentive and helped someone in a difficult situation, or, conversely, showed callousness to someone in trouble.
WILL LIVE BEFORE THE WEDDING.
It will pass soon, it will heal soon. It is said jokingly as a consolation to the victim.
FOR A CUTE FRIEND AND EARRING (earring) FROM EAR.
Ear - reduce-weasel. to the ear. For a beloved, dear person, nothing is a pity, you will give the best. It is said when, out of a feeling of sympathy, a person is generous towards another, ready to do everything for him.
DEBT GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER.
Payment, payment, m. - making money on account of something; pay. Krasen - kr. m.r. form from red, here: (folk poet.) "beautiful; joyful, pleasant." How you treat someone is how you will be treated. It is said when in response to any action or attitude they do the same.
WHERE CRABIES WINTER.
The saying "I'll show you where the crayfish hibernate" was formed back in the days of serfdom. In the middle of winter, the master sent a guilty person to get crayfish to the table. And in winter, crayfish are very difficult to find, besides, you can freeze and catch a cold. Since then, this saying has meant a threat, a warning about punishment.
DISCOVER AMERICA.
America was discovered by the navigator Columbus more than five hundred years ago. Therefore, when someone announces what everyone has long known, they jokingly say: “Well, you discovered America!”
THROUGH STUMP DECK.
The deck is a log. Moving through the forest, when underfoot is a stump, then a deck has to be slow. The expression "through the stump-deck" means to do something somehow, indiscriminately.
INVENT THE BICYCLE.
We all know what a bicycle is and how it works. “Don’t reinvent the wheel” so as not to waste time inventing something that has already existed for a long time.
THE MASTER'S BUSINESS IS AFRAID.
Any business is feasible if a master takes it, that is, a skilled, knowledgeable person. It is said with admiration and praise when a person shows skill, mastery in his field.
NOT ON SENKA HAT.
In the old days, the hat was a symbol of wealth and nobility. By its size, they judged what place a person occupies in society. “A hat is not for Senka” - this is what they say about a person who is not able to perform this or that job or occupy a certain position.
LOOK FOR THE WIND IN THE FIELD.
Search - command, incl. from ch. to look for (looking for, looking for), nesov. You won't find it anyway, there's no need to look for it. It is about who disappeared and who cannot be found (how useless it is to look for the wind in the field), or about what is irretrievably lost.
YOU CAN'T DROP A WORD FROM A SONG.
What happened, happened, you have to tell everything. They say, as if apologizing for having to tell everything without missing any (usually unpleasant) details (just as you can’t throw out a single word from a song so as not to spoil the whole song).
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.
Yes, opposed. union - a, but, however. A frying pan (obsolete and regional) - flame, fire. In folk speech, a flame, that is, a fire that rises above a burning object, is associated with a greater misfortune, a flame is a stronger fire. From one trouble to another, big, from a difficult situation to the worst.
It is said when a person, being in a difficult situation, finds himself in an even more difficult situation.
AND THE SWEET, AND THE REAPER, AND IN THE DUDU (on the dude) IGRET.
Shvets (obsolete and simple) - one who sews clothes, a tailor. A reaper is one who reaps (cuts when harvesting) the ripened ears with a sickle. In the dudu (on the pipe) the player (obsolete) is the one who plays the pipe, the musician. About the one who knows how to do everything or who simultaneously performs various duties.
AND I WANT TO AND INCLUDE.
Prickly - bezl., 3 l. units hours from Ch. prick, carry "To touch something sharp to cause pain." It is said when you want to do something, but it's scary, because it is associated with some kind of danger, with a risk.
AND LAUGHTER AND SIN.
It is said when something is both funny and sad at the same time.
AND ON THE OLD WOMAN HAPPENS A PRORUH.
Proruha (simple) - mistake, oversight, failure. And an experienced person can make a mistake, make a mistake, a mistake. It is said to justify a mistake, an oversight committed by a person from whom this could not be expected.
AND THE WOLVES ARE FAT, AND THE SHEEP ARE GOOD.
It is said when it is convenient for some and for others to resolve a difficult situation, or when a decision is made that satisfies everyone.
THE CAT KNOWS (smells) WHOSE MEAT ate.
Chuet - 3 l. units hours from Ch. smell (feel, feel), carry. (simple) to feel. They talk about someone who feels guilty and betrays it with his behavior.
MAKE A FOOL TO PRAY TO GOD, HE WILL BREAK THE FOREHEAD (break it).
According to Orthodox custom, believers during prayer kneel and bow low (make bows), almost touching the floor with their foreheads. It is said with condemnation about a person who damaged the cause with excessive zeal and diligence.
FOR WHAT I BOUGHT, FOR THAT I SELL.
What I heard, I repeat. They speak in their own defense when they retell rumors and therefore do not vouch for the authenticity of what was said.
BAD EXAMPLES ARE CONTINUOUS or BAD EXAMPLE IS CONTINUOUS.
Bad - bad. Contagious - kr. form m. from contagious, here: "one that causes imitation of oneself, is easily transmitted to others. It is said when someone imitates the bad behavior or actions of another person.
FOR FOOLS (fool) THE LAW IS NOT WRITTEN.
Laws are written for reasonable people; fools do not know the laws and do not obey them. It is said about a person when he acts, from the point of view of the speaker, strange or unreasonable, contrary to common sense and generally accepted norms of behavior.
*in a new way*
FOR FOOLS THE LAW IS NOT WRITTEN, IF IT IS WRITTEN IT IS NOT READ,
IF READ, IT IS NOT UNDERSTOOD, IF UNDERSTOOD, IT IS NOT SO!
FRIENDSHIP IS FRIENDSHIP AND SERVICE IS SERVICE.
Friendships should not affect business relationships. It is said when a person, despite friendly relations with someone occupying a different (usually higher) official position, does not deviate from official requirements and duties.
OVER THE SEA TELUSHKA - POLUSHKA, YES RUBLE TRANSPORT.
Heifer (colloquial) - a young cow that has not yet had calves. Polushka is the smallest coin in pre-revolutionary Russia, equal to one-fourth of a kopeck (one hundred kopecks in one ruble). Yes, opposed. union - a, but, however. Transportation - here: payment for the transported goods. Even a cheap thing will become expensive if you have to pay dearly for its transportation. It is said when it is unprofitable to carry cheap goods from afar.
LIFE TO LIVE - NOT A FIELD TO GO.
Life is hard and living it is not easy. It is about the variety of events, about the difficulties that a person encounters throughout his life.
THERE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE or THERE IS NO DIMM WITHOUT FIRE.
Nothing happens without a reason. It is usually said when they believe that there is some truth in the spread rumors.
Where it is thin, there it breaks
Where it is thin, it breaks there - you don’t need to let anything take its course, rely on chance, luck, rely on chance. Where reliability is possible, it should be sought. Prefer stability to chaos, order to disorder, power to anarchy. Otherwise, sooner or later, but at the most inopportune moment, weakness, inferiority of the plan, ill-conceived actions, irresponsibility in decision-making will manifest itself and ruin the business, mix plans, nullify calculations, that is, the thin thread that connected hopes and accomplishments will breakAn English synonym for the expression "where it is thin, there it breaks" - and chain is only as strong as its weakest link A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
Analogues of the proverb "where it is thin, it breaks there"
- Where it's bad, here it will be flogged
- On poor Makar and bumps fall
- Where there is no share, there is little happiness
- Whom on the head, and me by the temple
- If I knew where to fall, I would spread straws
- From the rain and under the drops
- Whose sin is the answer
- Left the wolf - attacked the bear
- Out of the frying pan into the fire
- There is a bear in the forest, and a stepmother in the house
- That cow falls that gives milk
Use of the expression in literature
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“However, such a sophisticated scenario would inevitably fail, according to the saying: where it is thin, it breaks there”(A. D. Sakharov "Memories")
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“That’s all, mother Stepanovna, grief, grief is one, because where it’s thin, it breaks there”(Vasily Belov "The usual business")
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“Women’s voices sing, they sing subtly, with all their desire and all their weakness, it’s hard to listen - so subtly, where it’s thin, it breaks there, quite by a thread - they sing, just like that professor: “I have one hair on my head, but - thick"(M.I. Tsvetaeva "The Tale of Sonechka")
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“And where it is thin, it breaks there. The barmaid felt sorry for the beautiful “polka”, but, seeing that the “polka” was pregnant, she was virtuously embarrassed that she let “such”(A. V. Amfiteatrov Marya Lusyeva)
I. S. Turgenev “Where it is thin, there it breaks”
A play by Turgenev
Comedy in one act, written in 1847 in a special genre of dramatic works - proverb plays (proverbes), popular in Russia in the 1830s. The origins of the genre go back to the salon or secular comedy of the French playwright of the 18th century P. Marivaux. The main thing in the proof was “a verbal duel of characters (Turgenev has only eight of them), demonstrating their sharpness of mind, intellectual ingenuity and graceful lightness of speech passages. At the end of the play-proverb, an aphoristic remark should have sounded, designed to sum up the instructive conclusion to what is happening and to reveal the instructive meaning of the events. At the end of Turgenev's play, this remark is uttered by one of the characters - Mukhin, with which he reproaches his friend for the excessive subtlety of the psychological game with the charming girl Vera Nikolaevna Libanova: “Mukhin (standing in place with m-lle Bienaimé, in Gorsky's ear). It’s good, brother, it’s good: you’re not shy ... but confess, ")Proverbs and sayings have come down to us from ancient times. These are short, simple, but rich in thought sayings.
They were formed by the people even before the charter appeared in Russia. A people that can neither read nor write, as it were, created their own oral school. In their best proverbs, the people passed on from fathers to sons, from grandfathers to grandchildren their cherished rules of life, taught children the mind to reason.
That is why the wisdom of the people is contained in proverbs, that is why the people's views on life are reflected in them.
Ancient proverbs live in our native language today: both in conversation and in books. Proverbs decorate our speech, make it lively, witty. Russian writers and poets loved to listen to people speak and wrote down proverbs and sayings.
My day in proverbs and sayings.
In the morning the sun rises, it calls everyone to get up.
Washing.
I bought soap to wash the stigma.
You won't spoil the porridge with butter.
Go to school.
Postpone idleness, but do not postpone business. An unlearned person is like an ax not sharpened.
A large piece and the mouth rejoices.
Homework.
Where on horseback, where on foot, and where on all fours. Tyap yes blunder - the ship will not come out.
Boring day until evening, if there is nothing to do.
Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, and give dinner to the enemy.
The morning is wiser than the evening.
Fairy tales by proverbs
Two friends.
Once upon a time there were two friends, Sasha and Katya. They signed up for the ski section. Sasha skated better than Katya. Now it's time for the competition. The coach showed the girls the route to run on and wished them good luck. Sasha and Katya were in the lead, but then Sasha's ski broke. Katya laughed and ran away. The girls running behind helped Sasha get to the finish line. They were late, but did not leave a man in trouble. After this incident, Sasha did not become friends with Katya - their friendship broke up.
Friendship is like glass, if you break it, you can't put it together.
As it comes around, so it will respond.
Once upon a time there was a boy, Petya. The boy was angry, he did not like cats, if he sees a kitten, he immediately takes and throws a stone at him.
So the good wizard saw this and decided to turn Petya into a kitten. So Petya the boy became Petya the kitten.
Petya wanders hungry, looking for something to eat, suddenly some boy runs out and throws Petya with his foot. Kitten Petya felt hurt and offended, and he said to himself that he would never hurt kittens again. After all, as it comes around, it will respond. The wizard heard this and turned the kitten Petya back into a boy.
Now Petya never offends animals and does not allow others.
Close together, but boring apart.
A brother and sister lived. They had many toys. They constantly quarreled over them. And they decided to share the toys. Divided, and everyone began to play in his corner.
But the soldiers had no one to protect, because the dolls were in the other corner.
And there was no one to feed the dolls: there were no soldiers nearby!
The brother and sister sat, thought, and decided: “It’s crowded together, but boring apart!”
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