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.
Now we are proceeding to Russian proverbs, which would also not hurt each of us to know.
Russian proverbs and sayings, as everyone knows, is folk wisdom that comes to us from life experience. And now let's see the most commonly used among them among the people, as well as their interpretations as well. For convenience, Russian proverbs and sayings are presented alphabetically.
Russian proverbs and sayings and their meaning
Appetite comes with eating.
The deeper you delve into something, the more you understand and learn about it.
A woman with a cart is easier for a mare.
About care unnecessary person, not so useful to anything.
The trouble does not go through the forest, but through people.
Misfortunes with people are the real trouble, and not with what surrounds them.
Misfortunes never come alone.
She will definitely take at least one more.
Poverty is not a vice.
It is not necessary to condemn people for poverty, because it is not their negative quality.
You can't even catch a fish from a pond without effort.
Nothing can be achieved without perseverance and effort.
Take care of the dress again, and honor from a young age.
About the norms of behavior in society, etc. And if something is lost or torn, it will not be possible to restore it.
God saves man, who save himself.
It is easier for a person who is prudent, cautious in his decisions and actions to avoid dangers, unjustified risks.
Free cheese only happens in a mousetrap.
Rarely is something free given to us without pitfalls, without a catch.
God marks the rogue.
Evil deeds and others negative qualities do not go unpunished.
Big ship - big voyage.
A person with great abilities gets great opportunities.
You will suffer for a long time - something will work out.
Really trying in a difficult matter, you can achieve at least something.
Paper will endure everything.
Paper, unlike people, will endure any lie, any mistake written on it.
Being a guest is good, but being at home is better.
Home comfort, created with your own hands or by hand loved one, cannot be replaced by any trip to visit.
IN healthy body healthy spirit.
Keeping the body healthy, a person preserves his spiritual well-being.
Every family has its black sheep.
In any family or team there will always be a person with negative qualities.
In crowded but not mad.
A little inconvenience to everyone will be better than more serious problem only one.
Still waters run deep.
Quiet and calm-looking people often hide a complex nature.
They don’t go to a foreign monastery with their own charter.
In a strange team, you should not behave only according to your own rules and procedures.
We see a mote in someone else's eye, but we do not notice a log in our own.
Mistakes and shortcomings of strangers are much more noticeable than their own.
Live a century, learn a century, and you will die a fool.
About the impossibility of knowing everything, even with a constant and persistent set of knowledge.
He took up the tug - do not say that it is not hefty.
Having taken up the task, bring it to the end, despite the difficulties.
The bird is visible in flight.
About people who, by their deeds, by their appearance, show others their nature.
Water wears away the stone.
Even little work, manifested long and hard, gives good results.
Crush water in a mortar - and there will be water.
About doing a stupid thing that does not bring anything useful.
Feet feed the wolf.
To earn a living, you need to move, be active, and not sit still.
To be afraid of wolves - do not go into the forest.
If you are afraid of difficulties or dangerous consequences, then you should not start any business.
All diseases are from the nerves.
Anger, resentment and indignation weaken the immune system, which leads to the formation of diseases. Avoid anything that makes you nervous. Gain patience.
Everything will grind - there will be flour.
Any problem sooner or later turns into a good result.
All is well that ends well.
If the ending is good, then there is nothing to worry about.
Everything has its time.
Everything happens at the appointed time, not earlier and not later.
Everyone goes crazy in their own way.
Each person has their own advantages and disadvantages.
Every cricket know your hearth.
Everyone should know their place and not climb into someone else's.
Any bast in a line.
Everything can be useful, everything can be used; any mistake is blamed.
Where there is anger, there is mercy.
Not everything is managed only by anger alone, with time comes pardon.
Where firewood is chopped, chips fly there.
In any business, there are always losses, costs ...
Needed where was born.
About a place of birth that should not be left forever.
Where it is thin, it breaks there.
What is strong always remains strong, and the weak link always gives a crack.
The eyes are afraid, but the hands are doing.
It's scary to take on a task until you do it.
Need for inventions is cunning.
Need, poverty of a person make him smarter and more inventive.
Mountain does not converge with mountain, but man will converge with man.
About people, in spite of the mountains, who by their nature are able to understand, to go forward.
One grave will fix a humpbacked one, but a club will fix a stubborn one.
It is hard for a person, and sometimes it is impossible to get rid of his bad habits.
Prepare the sleigh in summer and the cart in winter.
Before you start any business, you must first prepare.
They do not look at a given horse's teeth.
For any gift it is necessary to thank and rejoice in it, they say, take what they give.
Two bears do not live in the same den.
About two rivals claiming leadership. There is no place for two owners in one house.
The work of the master is afraid.
The work carried out by the master is carried out efficiently and quickly.
Business time, fun hour.
Most of the time should be spent on study and work, and only partly on entertainment.
For a sweet friend and an earring from an ear.
For good friend or a loved one is not a pity even the most valuable.
Debt good turn deserves another.
Good attitude to people will definitely return the same.
Expensive egg for Easter day.
It's always nice to get what you expect right time, in the right place.
Friendship is friendship, and service is service.
Friendly relations should not affect official ones, however, as well as vice versa.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Only a friend will do everything possible for you for the sake of salvation in a difficult situation.
The law is not written for fools.
Only clever man succumbs to the rules, fools still have no time for them.
A bad example is contagious.
About imitating a bad example, a bad deed of another person.
To live life is not a field to cross.
Life is complicated, living it is not so easy.
If you chase two hares, you won't catch one.
It is impossible to achieve two goals at the same time, everything must be done sequentially.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Going in cycles in trifles or on the same thing, it is impossible to see the main thing.
The Forbidden fruit is sweet.
Taking someone else's or forbidden is much more pleasant than taking your own.
Make a fool pray to God - he will hurt his forehead.
An excessively zealous person can harm the cause.
It is not worth it.
The money spent on something is not justified by the results obtained.
You can't take a word out of a song.
It is impossible to change or hide something with words without distorting reality.
If he knew where to fall, he would have spread straws.
About caution, foresight, so that there is no trouble.
Each sandpiper praises his swamp.
Every person praises the place in which he lives, and everything else is alien, unusual.
As it comes around, so it will respond.
Any actions towards people around you, good or bad, eventually turn into the same.
As you call the ship, so it will sail.
What you tune in is what you get.
You won't spoil the porridge with butter.
Useful, pleasant cannot do harm, even if there is too much of it.
Fight fire with fire.
Eliminate the results of any action, therefore, by the same means that caused this action.
The end is the crown of the whole thing.
Any business is important to complete.
Finished the job - walk boldly.
After finishing work, you can relax calmly, without thinking about it.
A horse with four legs - and then stumbles.
Even the most intelligent, dexterous and skillful people sometimes they can be wrong.
A penny saves a ruble.
To accumulate a lot, we must not neglect the small.
The hut is red not with corners, but with pies.
The owner of the house is valued not by wealth, but by hospitality.
Who seeks will always find.
When a person really tries to seek, he really finds.
Who gets up early, God gives him.
Whoever gets up early is not lazy, and the day is longer and the harvest is richer.
Where the needle goes, there goes the thread.
About a person dependent on someone or about a tight attachment to each other.
Strike while the iron is hot.
While the opportunity allows, it is better to act, and then later it may not be.
The hen pecks at the grain, but it happens to be full.
By doing something regularly, even if little by little, you can achieve results.
You can't break through the wall with your forehead.
It is impossible to go against the authorities.
The recumbent is not beaten.
It is not customary to finish off the injured or in trouble.
A fly in the ointment in a barrel of honey.
When everything is good, any, even a minor dirty trick can ruin everything.
Better a bitter truth than a sweet lie.
You can’t go far on a lie, unlike the truth, be it what it is.
Better to see once than hear a hundred times.
Do not believe the words, you should only look at the actions.
Better late than never.
It's better to do something at least sometime than not to do it at all.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
It is better to have something small and easily accessible than something large and difficult to achieve.
Love for all ages.
A person has the ability to fall in love at absolutely any age.
If you like to ride - love to carry sleds.
To achieve something in your life - make an effort.
The less you know the better you sleep.
The more you know, the more worries, experiences.
The world is not without good people.
There will always be generous people with a desire to help others in need.
Young is green.
Young people, unlike adults, are not mature enough in their knowledge.
Silent means consent.
Silence - as a suggestion of an affirmative answer.
Moscow was not built in a day.
Everything complex and perfect is never given immediately, only with a set of experience.
On lack of fish and cancer - fish.
In the absence of a better one, something worse may come in handy.
Trust in God, but don't make a mistake yourself.
Don't rely solely on God to do anything. Do everything yourself, and God only supports.
Every man to his own taste.
Tastes and preferences different people may differ from each other.
You can't please everyone.
You can't please everyone no matter what you do. Even if you are an angel, someone may not like the rustle of your wings.
Enough simplicity for every sage.
No matter how wise and perspicacious a person is, he can be deceived.
On the catcher and the beast runs.
Bold, persistent, stubborn, it is easier to achieve something desired.
No, there is no judgment.
About the humble acceptance of the absence of something or the refusal of a request.
They carry water on the offended.
Man has to be able to forgive. A offended person no one seems interested.
Hope dies last.
Even with disappointment or complete failure, there is hope for the best.
Gruzdev called himself get in the body.
Boasted or promised to do something - do it.
You won't be forced to be nice.
No one can be forced to love against his will.
God does not burn pots.
Each person is doomed to cope with his tasks himself, and not rely only on God alone.
Do not sit in your sleigh.
Equivalent to "Mind your own business."
Not everything is Shrovetide for a cat, there is also a great post.
Life is not always a holiday. She walks in shifting lanes.
Not all that glitters is gold.
Any thing or entity, no matter how beautiful it looks, is not defined only by outward signs. More important signs are internal.
Not knowing the ford, do not poke your head into the water.
Before you do something, you should know how it is done.
Do not have a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends.
Money disappears at the first trip to the store, but friends remain forever.
It is not the place that makes the man, but the man the place.
A person in a bad position can be an excellent worker, and in a good position, vice versa.
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
While there is an opportunity, it is better to carry out the plan immediately, in order to avoid acquiring laziness and regret.
Do not spit in the well - you will need some water to drink.
Do not spoil the relationship with a person, whatever he may be. But in the future it can be very useful, and even save a life.
Not caught - not a thief, not convicted - not a gulen.
A person is not guilty of his deed until guilt is proven.
Do not dig a hole for someone else - you yourself will fall into it.
A person who does bad things to another person suffers himself, having run into the consequences of his own actions.
Don't cut the branch you're sitting on.
Do not do stupid things and evil, because you yourself can choke on the same.
The devil is not as scary as he is painted.
About an indication of the exaggeration of the significance of any negative phenomenon.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Man possesses not only material qualities, but also spiritual ones.
There is no smoke without fire.
Nothing just happens, for example, there is no gossip without reason.
There is no bad without good.
For any difficult situation you can always extract something pleasant, useful.
Burnt in milk - blowing on the water.
Having made a mistake once, in the future you become more cautious, prudent.
There is safety in numbers.
Alone, it is more difficult to withstand something, to win the fight, than with someone together.
One head is good, but two is even better.
Two people will be able to solve any problem better and faster, unlike one.
One swallow does not make spring.
The very first and only sign of a phenomenon is not yet the phenomenon itself.
From love to hate one step.
It will not be difficult to anger a person and make him hate.
No one is immune from the event.
No matter how hard you try to prevent disaster, it can still happen.
Double-edged sword.
For every desired action, there is a reaction.
The first pancake is lumpy.
Any business does not always turn out really well the first time.
Stretch your legs along the clothes.
About living within your means, income, in accordance with your capabilities.
They are greeted by clothes, escorted by mind.
A meeting with a person is valued according to external signs, and parting - according to internal, mental ones.
A guilty head and a sword does not flog.
Voluntarily admitting his guilt should not be punished seriously.
Repetition is the mother of learning.
The more you repeat, the better you know.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
If you do nothing, nothing will come of it.
Until the thunder breaks out, the peasant will not cross himself.
A person will drag out his illness, or other problem, to the last, until it finally develops.
Trying is not torture, and demand is not a problem.
Nothing prevents at least trying to do something than not doing at all.
They don't wave their fists after a fight.
It is unacceptable to change anything when it is already too late.
Hurry up and make people laugh.
Any business should be done calmly, slowly, in order to avoid a ridiculous situation.
Forewarned is forearmed.
What you are warned about, you are ready for.
Trouble has come - open the gate.
Misfortune never comes alone. Therefore, you need to be more careful and ready for anything.
A frightened crow is afraid of a bush.
If a person is really scared, he will be afraid of everything that surrounds him.
The drunken sea is knee-deep, and the puddle is up to the ears.
A drunk person is drawn to actions that, being sober, he would never have dared to do.
Once a year and the stick shoots.
Very rarely, but still the impossible may well become possible.
One who is born to crawl cannot fly.
If a person is born a fool, then he will die a fool.
The fish is looking for where it is deeper, and the person is looking for where it is better.
About people wanting the best gadgets of their lives.
The fish goes out from the head.
If the government is bad, so will its subordinates.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Close people easily find a common language.
To live with wolves is to howl like a wolf.
When joining a community, life according to their principles is not excluded.
Out of sight, out of mind.
The principle of a person is to forget the one with whom he does not see and does not communicate.
With whom you lead, from that you will type.
With whom you communicate, make friends, from that you adopt his views, habits, and so on.
With a loved one and in a hut paradise.
With a loved one is good in any place and under any conditions.
The world did not converge like a wedge.
If everything is good on some object, you should not manage only with it.
Our people - let's count.
Close people are doomed to help each other without asking for anything in return.
It does not carry its own burden.
What you personally inherited is easier to bear, in contrast to the portability of someone else.
Your shirt is closer to your body.
Your own interests are more important than the interests of other people.
A holy place is never empty.
If a good place emptied, it is immediately occupied by someone else.
Seven do not wait for one.
They won’t wait for one latecomer when everyone has already gathered and is ready for business.
Seven times measure cut once.
Before you do something, you must first think carefully, foresee everything, in order to avoid an accident.
Lawless Heart.
About not being able to control your feelings.
No matter how much you feed a wolf, he still looks into the forest.
It is impossible to change the natural instincts and inclinations of another person.
Soon the fairy tale tells, but not soon the deed is done.
About the foreshadowing of any business, as in a fairy tale - quickly and easily, but in reality everything is more difficult.
Miser pays twice.
Unlike buying a cheap thing, and then an expensive one, due to the imminent breakdown of a cheap one, it is better to buy an expensive and high-quality thing right away for a long time.
Tears of sorrow will not help.
Do not be discouraged if you can get rid of grief. And if the problem is inevitable, shedding tears is pointless.
The word is not a sparrow, it will fly out - you will not catch it.
Caught in awkward situation, having uttered a bad word, it is impossible to go back.
Word is silver, silence is gold.
To say something useful is a matter of honor, but it is better to remain silent about useless and empty chatter.
The earth is full of hearing.
Man knows secret information thanks to the rumors.
A dog is biting from the life of a dog.
Unkind, aggressive person often becomes so from the conditions of his life: from the lack of love, the care of those around him, frequent misfortunes, etc.
He ate the dog and choked on his tail.
You can't do anything big without tripping over something.
There are no boundaries for perfection.
No matter how hard you try to improve things, you can always do better.
Nightingales are not fed with fables.
Talking will not feed those who want to eat. He should be offered food.
An old bird is not caught with chaff.
An experienced person is difficult to outwit, lead to a dead end.
An old friend is better than two new ones.
The old, proven, long-familiar, predictable is much more reliable, in contrast to the new, unfamiliar, not yet tested by everyday situations.
The well-fed does not understand the hungry.
The difficulty of one is incomprehensible to another until he sinks to this difficulty himself.
Patience and a little effort.
Patience and perseverance in work will overcome all obstacles.
Be patient, Cossack - you will become an ataman!
The urge to become a patient person when any difficulty is unbearable.
Three doctors are no better than one.
Similar to the proverb Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
The more people take on one thing, the less attention is paid to it.
Fear has big eyes.
About fearful people who perceive everything small and insignificant as large and terrible.
An agreement (agreement) is more valuable than money.
A respectful contract, unlike money, can be lost forever. You must strictly adhere to its terms.
Drowning and clutching at straws.
A person in trouble is ready to do anything for the sake of salvation. Even if the method does not give special results.
The morning is wiser than the evening.
In the morning, decisions are made more effectively than in a tired evening.
Learning is light and ignorance is darkness.
Teaching is the path to knowledge, achievements, success. And ignorance is the cause of backwardness in development and lack of culture.
Well, where we do not.
Often a person underestimates where he is now, and overestimates the features of the place where he has not yet been.
Thin (bad) grass out of the field.
Harmful, something unnecessary should be disposed of so that things go faster.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
One can speak about the success of any business only with its visible result.
Man is the architect of his own happiness.
For happiness, you need to do something, and not wait until it comes by itself.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
You should not be one hundred percent sure of the success of an action or enterprise that has not yet taken place.
What you boast about, without that you will remain.
A person who talks a lot about his happiness is left without it.
What the hell is not joking (while God sleeps).
Anything can happen, anything can happen.
What we have, we do not store, but when we lose it, we cry.
true value something or someone is noticed when we lose it.
What is written with a pen cannot be cut down with an axe.
What is written and known cannot be changed.
What you sow, you will reap.
The good or evil done by someone eventually returns.
To recognize a person, you need to eat a pound of salt with him.
To get to know a person well, you need to live with him for a long time, having overcome various difficulties of life with him.
Alien soul - darkness.
No matter how well we know a person, his thoughts will always be a mystery. A appearance a person is not always a reflection of his soul.
I’ll sort out someone else’s misfortune with my hands, but I won’t apply my mind to my own.
Other people's troubles seem more solvable, easier, unlike their own.
Murder will out.
The secret always becomes clear. And the lies will eventually come out.
Shchi and porridge are our food.
About the habit of eating simple food
The apple never falls far from the tree.
What parents, the same mentality and their children.
Language will bring to Kyiv.
By asking people, you can get anywhere.
Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
An inexperienced person can teach little to an experienced person.
You can't even pull a fish out of a pond without difficulty. To succeed, you need to make an effort, patience. Take care of the dress again, and honor from a young age. From childhood, we are taught goodness and justice, to distinguish lies from truth, good from evil, disinterestedness from envy, how to act correctly in life, to protect honor and dignity. A damaged new dress cannot be made the way it was originally - it can be sewn up, washed, repaired, but it will be noticeable that it is damaged. Also, honor cannot be restored if the reputation is damaged, trust is lost. Surrounding people remember past events and actions, the sediment about what happened remains in memory. Meet by clothes, see off by mind. At a meeting, people first pay attention to the appearance of a person, the first impression is formed by appearance. Only after communicating with him is formed general impression about what a person is. And it can change and differ from the impression in appearance. Always learn to read and write - (forward) it will come in handy. A person always needs to develop mentally, for this one must constantly study, learn new things. This will help a person in life, in school, at work. Teaching is never superfluous, it expands the horizons and expands the horizons of knowledge. As it comes around, so it will respond. How you treat people is how they treat you. Strike while the iron is hot. Do the work while the opportunity and conditions are favorable. Take the opportunity, the current situation, to do what you have planned. The world is illuminated by the sun, and man by knowledge. The earth needs the sun, thanks to the sun there is life, everything grows and exists. In the same way, knowledge for a person helps to develop, learn. The sun makes the world bright, knowledge enlightens the human mind. It's not a shame not to know, it's a shame not to learn. One cannot know everything in life. And that's okay. The main thing is that a person learns, learns the world. When a person does not strive for knowledge, he stops in development, becomes ignorant. And it's a shame. Repetition is the mother of learning. The process of forgetting what has been learned is inevitable. Repetition contributes to the memorization of information, the consolidation of previously studied material, creates the prerequisites for obtaining new knowledge. You can't hide the truth that is an awl in a bag. The secret always becomes clear. No matter how we lie, deceive, lies will still come out. Seven times measure cut once. Before you do anything, you need to think carefully, check, so as not to redo it again and not regret what was done wrong. The word is not a sparrow: it will fly out, so you won’t catch it. Before you say something, you need to think. Thoughtless words can turn against the speaker, you can regret what was said, but the words can no longer be returned. You need to be responsible for your words and think in advance about the consequences. Cheek brings success. Courage helps to achieve results, reach new heights, do something that seemed impossible before. The morning is wiser than the evening. It is said in the case when it is better to make a decision on any issue in the morning: with a fresh mind, when thoughts have come to order during the night, the mind is clear and sound. A bad peace is better than a good quarrel. It is better to live in peace than in quarrel. We must try to do everything possible to keep peace and tranquility. What you can do today, don't put it off until tomorrow. You should do things right away, do not be lazy. Postponing things for later, we accumulate them and, subsequently, we will not do it or we will do it with great effort. What is written with a pen cannot be cut down with an axe. What is written (set out) on paper (documents). This information has been read by people, it cannot be changed or erased in any way. Bread is the head of everything. The proverb requires a special, respectful attitude towards bread as a symbol of the labor expended. The importance of bread in a person's life is difficult to assess; not a single meal is complete without bread. He is the “head” on the table, that is, the main one. No matter how much you feed the wolf, he keeps looking into the forest. If a person has set himself a goal, then no matter how much you convince him, do not persuade him, he will still look towards his goal and its achievement. Do not drink water from your face. Appearance is not the most important thing in a person. Real beauty a person lies in his heart, character, soul, actions, and not in facial features. One wolf drives a regiment of sheep. A person with strong leadership volitional qualities manages or commands others. He sees the eye, but the tooth is numb. When you want to touch something, but you can't reach it. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. One can speak about the success and results of any business only at the end of the work performed. The apple never falls far from the tree. Children often resemble their parents in many ways. Children learn their strengths and weaknesses from their parents. The proverb can be applied to the teacher and the student. What the teacher put into the student, the student will manifest.
1) Business is time, and fun is an hour. It means that while having fun, you should not forget about the case.
2) The first pancake is lumpy. It is said to justify the unsuccessful start of a new, difficult business.
3) If you chase two hares, you won’t catch a single one. When someone takes on several things at once and therefore cannot complete a single one.
4) Grandmother said in two.
in two ( simple.) - indefinitely, with the possibility of understanding 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.
5) For one broken two unbeaten give. For one scientist, two non-scientists are given.
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.
6) 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.
7) Mind is good, but two is better.
It is said when, when solving an issue, they turn to someone for advice, when they solve a case together
8) Get lost in the three pines.
Not being able to figure out something simple, uncomplicated, not being able to find a way out of the simplest difficulty.
9) Three inches from the pot.
Very short, short, small.
10)With three boxes.
A lot (say, promise, lie, etc.).
11) The promised three years are 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.
12) Cry in three streams.
That is very bitter to cry.
13) The fifth wheel in the cart.
Superfluous, unnecessary person in any business.
14) Seven do not wait 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.
15) 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.
16) Try on 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.
17) Seven nannies have a child without an eye.
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.
18) All tryn-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.
19) Pour 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.
20) 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 battering ram. It was a completely smooth ("bare") cast-iron ingot, mounted on chains. Nothing extra!
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 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.
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!
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 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 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 mockery of the masters over the auxiliary workers - "bottlenecks", our saying went.?
