Explanation of proverbs online. Russian proverbs and sayings for children
Instruction
Proverbs should be understood as short wise sayings that have the form of a complete one. They necessarily express a certain conclusion and are usually rhythmically organized. Unlike other genres of folklore, proverbs are not used in our speech on purpose, but appear in "to the place", "".
The main meaning of proverbs is revealed along with an understanding of the thoughts, feelings and experiences of people on ongoing life facts. Interest in the history of your people will help you correctly grasp the meaning hidden in short, capacious phrases.
study diligently native language in order to easily understand the meaning of words found in sentences that have long gone out of active use. Listen to the sound: rhythmic organization gives a certain emotional meaning to the expression, intonation highlights the most significant words in meaning, enhances the expressiveness of speech.
The fact that these instructive phrases give imagery and beauty to speech is said by the proverbs themselves: "Without corners, a house is not built, without a proverb, speech is not spoken." Their strength is also great: "Good is not in the eyebrow, but right in the eye." And not all words acquire wise significance: "Stupid speech is not a proverb." “There is no trial or punishment for a proverb” - it has the power of an unwritten law that all people must obey.
In brief aphoristic formulas, small mental tasks are hidden that require a guess. They, like in a mirror, reflect different aspects of people's lives, traits of human character, habits and views on the world. Often the use of the generalizing words "each" and "any" indicates that the action applies to any person.
Proverbs appeared, according to scientists, back in the era of primitiveness. Initially, they were only edifying and instructive in nature and were mainly related to labor activity of people. Over time, edification was preserved, and the circle thematic groups expanded significantly.
The Russian people have created a huge number of proverbs about work. Diligence and skill were considered important qualities of a person’s personality, and laziness was always condemned (“Without dexterity, you will carry a spoon past your mouth”, “For a lazy horse and an arc into a burden”, “If you work, you will have both bread and milk”). The everyday experience of the peasants served as the basis for the creation of proverbs about agricultural activities: "May is cold - the year is hungry", "March is dry and wet May - there will be porridge and loaf."
External visibility and internal essence of objects and phenomena are clearly reflected in the content. (“Not all Cossacks should be atamans”, “Grey head, but young soul”). Temporal concepts (“Where is the day, where is the night, there is the day away”), philosophical reflections O human life and death (“To live life is not to weave bast shoes”, “A century is not a field, you suddenly won’t jump”, “Life runs, but years”, “The dead - peace, but the living -”) often serve as a semantic organizational center of proverbs.
Wise sayings help to present a variety of cases from people's lives: joy, judgment and dispute, abuse and jokes. And a joke with mockery is heard in edifying phrases: “A crow flew into the royal mansions: there is a lot of honor, but there is no flight”, “The dog was boastful, but the wolves ate it.”
RUSSIAN SAYINGS AND THEIR MEANING The first pancake is lumpy Initially, the saying sounded like this - “The first pancake is for comA (bears), the second pancake is for acquaintances, the third pancake is for distant relatives, and the fourth is for me.” Why bears first pancake? The Slavs had a custom to give the first pancakes to the coma (in ancient Slavonic coma - bears). After all, the ancient Slavs honored the Komoyeditsa holiday, dedicated to the awakening of bears, which they considered the progenitors of people. The first pancakes baked by the hostess were brought to the den by bears that woke up from hibernation. 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. The result was “fence grass”, that is, a weed that no one needed, indifferent to everyone. Pour in the first number Do not believe it, but in 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 the falcon. But she's not here. In fact, the “falcon” is an old military wall-beating weapon. It was a completely smooth (“bare”) cast-iron ingot, mounted on chains. Nothing extra! Kazan orphan So they say about a person who pretends to be unhappy, offended, helpless in order to pity someone. But why is the orphan "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 Rus', "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 dog hunting, the equerry's path is 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. Topsy-turvy Now this seems to be quite a harmless expression. And once it was associated with a shameful punishment. During the time of Ivan the Terrible, a 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. To sharpen the laces The laces (balusters) are chiseled figured columns of the railing 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 kalach 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. Hack on the nose 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. No fluff, no feather This expression arose among hunters and was based on the superstitious idea that with a direct wish (both fluff 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 fishing 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 evil spirits, invisibly present at this dialogue, will be satisfied and fall behind, will not plot during the hunt. Beat the bucks What are the "bucks", 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 “beating bucks”. From here, from the mockery of the masters over the auxiliary workers - "bucketers", our saying went.
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 hostess does not succeed with the first pancake (it is poorly removed from the pan, 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. Spoken as advice to think things through possible options actions before doing something.
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. During the time of Ivan the Terrible, a 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 - ancient ancestors 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 "glasses": 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 the 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. God Zeus, fearing that the birth of this mountain would cause major upheavals in the camp of the gods, he 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 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). Spoken as a guide young man at the beginning of his life.
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 fell into disuse after 1917, when the country introduced the metric system of measures, 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 one who is small in stature, but has many virtues, positive qualities, as well as about 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 the landowner (feudal lord) to the person, forced labor and property of the peasant, dates back to the time 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 demanded that they leave only after all 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 the owner and try to improve their lives, were taken away last hope to change their position. So there was a saying expressing regret for unfulfilled hopes.
They say it 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.
Beginning great 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 sequentially to the forehead, to the chest, to one and the other shoulder. People who believed in God professed christian religion, baptized on many occasions Everyday 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 inexplicable phenomenon nature. 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, and also 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.
Talking jokingly about someone vigorous activity unaffected 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" figuratively 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 Hard time you know who you are a true friend. 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 the beloved dear person nothing to be sorry about, give your 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 one, 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 experienced person can make a mistake, make a mistake, miss. 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 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 the fulfillment of 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 penny (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.
For example: "To be afraid of wolves - do not go into the forest", "What cover, such is autumn", "There is no truth at the feet."
In fact, for most citizens visiting the Internet, Proverb and Saying are one and the same. However, pundits find many differences in them. If we open short dictionary literary terms, we will find that "Proverb" is called one of the types of folk oral art, an expression that defines one of life's phenomena.
"Proverb" is a short saying about different life situations and also one of the types of oral folk art.
As people say, find ten differences in the above definitions (just kidding).
Some researchers tend to believe that Sayings do not carry an instructive meaning, and Proverbs are rather the opposite.
Examples of proverbs:
- "On the thief and the hat is on fire" (and what is so instructive here?)
- "Your shirt is closer to your body"
- "Tears of sorrow will not help"
Saying examples:
- "Found a scythe on a stone"
- "Do not renounce the bag and the prison". If this proverb is not instructive, then what is it?
- "Gruzdev called himself get in the body"
The most cited works are: 12 chairs ", "Golden calf"Ilf and Petrova," Eugene Onegin"Pushkin, Krylov's fables also very popular film comedies directed by Gaidai " Operation Y", "Caucasian captive", "The Diamond Arm".
If we take such a work as Woe from Wit, then here we will find just a storehouse of smart Sayings
- "Learning from the elders looking"
- "with feeling, with sense, with arrangement"
- "Where is it better? Where we are not"
- "Signed, so off your shoulders"
- "happy hours not watching"
- "A little light and I'm at yours"
- "I would be glad to serve, it's sickening to serve"
- "After all, now they love the dumb"
The play "Woe from Wit" was completed in 1824
year, but not to publish, let alone see it on the stage, I could not. Censorship was categorically against it, since Griboedov reliably and in detail reveals all the baseness of existing morals. However, this play was distributed by the citizens themselves and this work was a huge success. Even Pushkin spoke in the vein that they say about half of all the verses of this wonderful play should be torn into Proverbs.
For the first time, "Woe from Wit" saw the light only in 1831
year, and even then pretty cut by the censors.
Proverbs and sayings are both useful and dangerous,
like any other stereotypes"
Quick explanation
Proverb is a whole sentence with meaning, and proverb- only beautiful phrase or a phrase. This is the main feature that distinguishes proverbs from sayings.
The proverb contains moralizing, omen, warning or instruction. A saying is just an eloquent expression that can be easily replaced by other words.
Examples
Proverbs and sayings are often confused
On the Internet, they very often write "Proverbs and sayings", and at the same time they mean only proverbs.
Most often, sites give a list of "Proverbs and Sayings", which actually contains only proverbs. Very rarely, some sayings may come across in such lists. It is not uncommon to find a list of proverbs titled as a list of sayings.
How not to confuse the words of proverbs and sayings?
To remember not to confuse these concepts with each other, use the following tips:
1. There is a phrase " Proverbs and sayings".
Word " proverbs"always comes first, because a proverb is complete sentence, with morality and deep meaning.
And the word " sayings always in second place because it is just beautiful and symbolic phrase
, unable to act as an independent proposal.
2. Read individual articles about and sayings on this site. Feel the difference between them.
3. You can always go to this page to remember once again the differences between proverbs and sayings.
proverb complete sentence
A proverb is a short sentence containing folk wisdom. Written in simple vernacular often has rhyme and rhythm.
Examples
You can't even catch a fish from a pond without effort.
empty barrel thunder louder.
Not knowing the ford, do not poke your head into the water.
If you chase two hares, you won't catch one.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Small spool but precious.
A proverb is a symbolic phrase or phrase
A proverb is a well-established phrase or phrase, a figurative expression, a metaphor. Not used on its own.
Sayings are used in sentences to give a bright artistic coloring to facts, things and situations.
Examples of sayings
"to put a pig" (to mischief)
"a disservice" (help turning to harm)
"to stay with the nose" (to be deceived)
"stay at the broken trough» (to lose something due to stupid behavior)
"when cancer on the mountain whistles" (never)
"wedding general" (important person from whom there is no actual sense)
Examples of the use of sayings in sentences
I will give you this car when cancer on the mountain whistles.
Illegally dismissed employee gave us a pig.
Basilio the cat and Alice the fox left Pinocchio with a nose.
Our new director walks around important, is interested in every nonsense, pretends to understand something, and at the same time asks the most stupid questions, in short - another wedding general.
For more complete knowledge of proverbs and sayings, the following articles on our website are recommended.
