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.
An empty barrel rattles 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 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 broken trough » (to lose something due to stupid behavior)
"when cancer on the mountain whistles" (never)
"wedding general" (an 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 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 about proverbs and sayings, the following articles on our website are recommended.
"The genius, spirit and character of the people is manifested in its proverbs" (F. Bacon)
Folk proverbs and sayings spiritual heritage which we inherited from our ancestors. This is truly a gold mine folk wisdom accumulated over many centuries. They cover almost all aspects of our lives, so it is very useful from the very early childhood introduce your baby to proverbs and sayings, memorize, tell their meaning, where and in what cases they are used, teach them to resort to them at every opportunity.
RUSSIAN FOLK PROVERBS AND SAYINGS.
To live life is not a field to cross.
Every Egor has a saying.
Proverb-flower, proverb-berry.
Not knowing the ford, do not poke your head into the water.
Life is given for good deeds.
Red speech proverb.
Trust in God, but don't make a mistake yourself.
A house is not built without corners, speech is not spoken without a proverb.
Wet rain is not afraid.
Small, but remote.
On someone else's side, I'm happy with my little funnel.
Whoever burns himself in milk, he blows into the water.
A cowardly bunny and a stump - a wolf.
There would be dinner, but the spoon is found.
From time immemorial, the book raises a person.
Own land and in a handful is sweet.
Ah yes oh will not give help.
Falsely acquired for the future will not work.
Once he lied, but for a century he became a liar.
The mother swings high and hits gently, the stepmother swings low and hits painfully.
On the native side and the pebble is familiar.
It is better to forgive ten guilty people than to execute one innocent.
Where the pine has grown, there it is red.
It is bad for him who does no good to anyone.
Wormwood does not grow without a root.
The sting is sharp, and the tongue is sharper.
Without a friend in the heart of a blizzard.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
There is no friend, so look for, but there is, so take care.
A liar is always an unfaithful friend, he will deceive you around.
The native side is the mother, the alien side is the stepmother.
Where to live, there to be known.
Meet by clothes, and see off by mind.
Being a guest is good, but being at home is better.
That bird is stupid, which does not like its nest.
To go on a visit - it is necessary to drive to yourself.
Trouble is trouble, and food is food.
On the other side, and the spring is not red.
Every man is the blacksmith of his own happiness.
On the other side, even the falcon is called a crow.
God will soak, God will dry.
Teach children without people.
A storm hits a tall tree.
Altyn silver does not break the ribs.
You don't get rich by cheating, you get poorer.
You go for a day, take bread for a week.
If you like to ride - love to carry sleds.
What is the spin, such is the shirt on it.
He destroys himself who does not love others.
It is better to be silent than to lie.
If you don't know how to sew with gold, then strike with a hammer.
The hand of the giver will not fail.
If only he knew where he fell, he spread straws here.
The eyes are afraid, but the hands are doing.
Summer works for winter, and winter works for summer.
Who indulges children, then sheds a tear.
For a scientist they give three unscientists, and even then they don’t take it.
In crowded but not mad.
What goes around comes around.
Prepare the sleigh in summer and the cart in winter.
Who knows a lot, much is asked.
Get up early, understand sensibly, perform diligently.
Perhaps they won’t bring it to good somehow.
The work of the master is afraid.
Play, play, but know the matter.
Finished the job - walk boldly.
You can't even pull a fish out of a pond without difficulty.
The envious eye sees far.
Health can not be bought - his mind gives.
Business time, fun hour.
The day is long until the evening, if there is nothing to do.
Who does not work shall not eat.
In the summer you work up - in the winter you get hungry.
Skillful hands do not know boredom.
Patience and a little effort.
You love to ride, love to carry sleds.
There will be a day - there will be food.
Labor feeds a person, but laziness spoils.
Take it together, it won't be heavy.
Beware of troubles while they are not.
The craft does not ask to drink and eat, but feeds itself.
The snow is white, but they trample underfoot, the poppy is black, and people eat.
Although the child is crooked, the father-mother is cute.
Not an ax amuses, but a carpenter.
Do not sit idly by, and there will be no boredom.
Boring day until evening, if there is nothing to do. 
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Without work to live only to smoke the sky.
Postpone idleness, but do not postpone business.
Don't hurry with your tongue, hurry with your deeds.
Handle every task skillfully.
There would be a hunt - work will go well.
They are greeted by the dress, escorted by the mind.
Learning to read and write is always useful.
And the strength of the mind is inferior.
They sent a smart one - say one word, say three fools, and go after him yourself.
At smart head one hundred hands
Mind is good, but two is better.
You can't live without the sun, you can't live without the sweet.
As is the mind, so are the speeches.
In a smart conversation, gain your mind, lose your mind in a stupid one.
Know more and say less.
The stupid one turns sour, but the smart one will provide everything.
The bird is red in singing, and the man in learning.
An unlearned person is like an unsharpened axe.
The dunno lies, and the know-it-all runs far.
If you want to eat kalachi, don't sit on the stove.
From the window of the whole world you can not look back. 
Learning is light and ignorance is darkness.
The alphabet is science, and the guys are beech.
An old friend is better than two new ones.
A friend argues, and an enemy agrees.
Do not recognize a friend in three days, recognize in three years.
A friend and brother is a great thing: you won’t get it soon.
I was with a friend, I drank water - sweeter than honey.
There is no friend, so look for, but you will find, so take care.
Make new friends, but don't lose old ones.
For a friend, seven miles is not a suburb.
An orphan without a friend, a family man with a friend.
Seven do not wait for one.
A horse is known in grief, and a friend in trouble.
When the sun is warm, when the mother is good.
There is no friend like a mother.
What is the treasure, if the family is in harmony.
Brotherly love is better than stone walls.
The bird is glad of spring, and the baby of the mother.
The children's hut is fun.
The whole family is together, and the soul is in place.
Maternal affection knows no end.
Maternal anger is like spring snow: and a lot of it falls, but it will soon melt.
The dear child has many names.
Grandmother - only one grandfather is not a grandson.
Good daughter Annushka, if mother and grandmother praise
From the same oven, but the rolls are not the same.
And a mad sheep will be born from a good father.
The bird is in the nest until autumn, and the children are in the house until the age.
From a bad seed do not expect a good tribe.
Capricious in childhood, ugly in years.
All children are equal - both boys and girls.
The children's hut is fun.
Painting by artist Pieter Brueghel called "Proverbs".
A painting by the artist Pieter Brueghel (1525/30–1569) titled “Sayings”. The name speaks for itself, the picture shows more than two dozen different instructive sayings. Here are some of them: banging your head against the wall, leading each other by the nose, pouring beads in front of pigs, putting sticks in wheels, sitting between two chairs, looking through your fingers, and others. Where in the picture is shown, what saying are you looking for yourself.
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.
All tryn grass
The mysterious "tryn-grass" is not at all some kind of herbal drug that is drunk so as 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.
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!
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 "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', "the way" was called not only the road, but also various positions at the prince's court. The falconer's path - in charge of princely hunting, the trapping path - canine hunting, the path of the stables - by 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. 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 laces
Lyasy (balusters) are chiseled curly columns of railings at the porch. Only one could make such beauty real master. 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 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.
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 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 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 “beating bucks”. From here, from the mockery of the masters over the auxiliary workers - "bottlenecks", our saying went.?
Proverbs and sayings have entered our speech from time immemorial. But not everyone knows full versions these popular examples of folk poetry. But the whole saying sometimes carries a different meaning.
1. Appetite comes with eating and greed comes with appetite.
2. Grandmother wondered, said in two, whether it was raining, or snowing, or it would be, or not.
3. Poverty is not a vice, but a misfortune.
4. In healthy body healthy mind- rare luck.
5. The family has its black sheep, and because of the black sheep, everything is not to please.
6. Lucky, like a Saturday drowned man - you don’t need to heat the bathhouse.
69. My tongue is my enemy, it speaks before the mind.
70. My tongue is my enemy, before the mind prowls, looking for trouble.
Just one short poem to remember difficult accents
This is how the most common “difficult” stresses in Russian are pronounced correctly:
Phenomenon calls on Wednesdays
Having accepted an agreement by years,
He gave an escort to the experts
Airport petition.
Like our Martha
There are striped scarves!
They ate cakes for a long time -
The shorts didn't fit!
The bell ringer is calling
They ring the bell
So that you can remember correctly.
Don't bring us curtains
We'll put up blinds.
Baba Thekla was digging beets,
and Coco Chanel loved sorrel.
1. Cause and patch can be pasted anywhere.
2. Strangers come to feast, their own to grieve.
3. Extra thing- extra worry.
4. When it is easy on the heart - and the gait is light.
5. Without ordinary people there are no great ones.
6. Remember gratitude as long as resentment.
7. There was no case that the naked lost something.
8. Where power is right, right is powerless.
9. One dog will bark in vain - the rest will take it seriously.
10. Unfairly acquired for the future does not go.
11. To ask is a shame for a moment, but not to know is a shame for life.
12. A straight person, like a straight bamboo, is rare.
13. It is not enough to be a husband and wife, you must also become friends and lovers, so that later you do not look for them on the side.
14. Trouble has come - rely on yourself.
15. A husband and wife should be like a hand and eyes: when the hand hurts, the eyes cry, and when the eyes cry, the hands wipe away the tears.
16. It happens that a leaf sinks, and a stone floats.
17. It is easier to find ten thousand soldiers than one general.
18. Any woman seems beautiful in the dark, from afar or under a paper umbrella.
19. Even a journey of a thousand ri begins with one step.
20. With those who are silent, keep your ears open.
21. Having thought - make up your mind, and having decided - do not think.
22. On the road you need a companion, in life - a friend.
23. There is no enemy more dangerous than a fool.
24. Do not delay the departing, do not drive away the newcomer.
25. The sea is large because it does not disdain small rivers.
26. You recognize the revered temple by the gates.
27. Grief, like a torn dress, must be left at home.
28. No one stumbles while lying in bed.
29. A good merchant does not lay out all the goods at once.
30. Fall down seven times, get up eight times.
31. The sun does not know the right. The sun knows no wrong. The sun shines without the purpose of warming someone. The one who finds himself is like the sun.
32. Check seven times before you doubt a person.
33. Happiness comes to a house where they laugh.
34. Do not shoot an arrow into a smiling face.
35. Whoever has a cheerful disposition will pass through iron.
36. Whether a bow is good depends on the hand that draws it.
The ancient Romans were a very resourceful people. To the modern world they gave roads, bridges and many other innovations. But their main wealth is language. Many great thinkers spoke Latin, so it absorbed all the wisdom of the ages.
Here is a list of expressions, the knowledge of which you can show off in any company.
- Adam is the first lucky one because he didn't have a mother-in-law.
- If the problem can be solved for money, it's not a problem - it's a cost.
- God gave man two ears and one mouth so that he would listen more and talk less.
- May God save you from bad women, save yourself from good ones!
- Every Jew knows what is best.
- God cannot be everywhere at the same time - that's why he created mothers.
- Don't be sweet or you'll be eaten. Don't be bitter or they'll spit you out.
- Fear the goat from the front, the horse from behind, the fool from all sides.
- The guest and the fish begin to smell after three days.
- Knowledge does not take up much space.
- Better a Jew without a beard than a beard without a Jew.
- A person should live at least for the sake of curiosity.
- The deaf man heard the dumb man say that the blind man saw the lame man run very fast.
- God protects the poor at least from costly sins.
- If charity cost nothing, everyone would be a philanthropist.
- When an old maid marries, she immediately turns into a young wife.
- Parents teach children to talk, children of parents teach to be silent.
- Money is not as good as bad without it.
- From a distance, all people are good.
- Maybe eggs are a lot smarter than chickens, but they go rancid quickly.
- Men would do more if women talked less.
- It is more difficult to be well silent than to speak well.
- A bad wife is worse than rain: rain drives into the house, and a bad wife drives it out.
- The world will disappear not because there are many people, but because there are many non-humans.
- Lord, help me get on my feet - I can fall myself.
- If life does not change for the better, wait - it will change for the worse.
- No matter how sweet love is, you can’t cook compote from it.
- When there is nothing to do, they take on great things.
- In choosing between two evils, the pessimist will choose both.
- Everyone complains about the lack of money, but no one complains about the lack of intelligence.
- Those who do not have children bring them up well.
- It is better to die of laughter than of fear.
- Experience is the word people call their mistakes.
- Gray hair is a sign of old age, not wisdom.
- Aging, a person sees worse, but more.
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 this is how 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. 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(just like saving clothes again, i.e. 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 take 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 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 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 a person, forced labor and property of the peasant, refers 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). IN late XVI 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.
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.
Sledge, 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.
Cross yourself, - I am baptized, - I am baptized, owl - make a sign of the cross on yourself with your hand: attach three fingers folded together (thumb, index and middle) 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 done in 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. At old horse the teeth are worn out, therefore, 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 due to 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 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 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 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 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 bad behavior or the 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 standards of conduct.
*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 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.
