1. Appetite comes with eating, and greed - during appetite.
2. Grandmother I was wondering, said in two, Either it’s raining or it’s snowing, or it’s going to happen, or it’s not going to happen.
3. Poverty is not a vice, and misfortune.
4. B healthy body healthy mind - rare luck.
5. Every family has its black sheep, and because of the freak, everything is not pleasing.
6. How lucky Saturday to the drowned man - there is no need to heat the bathhouse.
7. The raven will not peck out the crow's eyes, and he’ll peck it out, but won’t pull it out.
8. Everyone seeks the truth, not everyone does it.
9. Where it’s thin, that’s where it breaks, where it’s thick, it’s layered there.
10. It was smooth on paper, Yes, they forgot about the ravines, and walk along them.
11. Goal like a falcon, and as sharp as an ax.
12. Hunger is not an aunt, won't bring you a pie.
13. The grave will correct the hunchback, and the stubborn one is a cudgel.
14. The lip is not a fool, the tongue is not a shovel: they know what is bitter and what is sweet.
15. Two boots in a pair, yes both left.
16. Two are waiting for the third, and seven do not wait for one.
17. Girlish shame - to the threshold, stepped over and forgot.
18. The master’s work is afraid, and another master of the matter.
19. The road is a spoon for dinner, and there at least under the bench.
20. No law is written for fools, if it is written, then it is not read, if it is read, then it is not understood, if it is understood, then it is not so.
21. We live, we chew bread, and sometimes we add salt.
22. For a beaten person they give two unbeaten ones, it doesn't hurt to take it.
23. If you chase two hares, you won’t get any wild boar you won't catch it.
24. There’s fun overseas, but alien, but we have our own grief and our own.
25. The hare's legs are carried, The wolf's teeth are fed, the fox's tail is protected.
26. AND it's time, And fun time.
27. And the blind horse carries when a sighted person sits on a cart.
28. A mosquito will not knock down a horse, until the bear helps.
29. Whoever remembers the old is out of sight, and whoever forgets - both.
30. The hen pecks at the grain, and the whole yard is covered in droppings.
31. Dashing trouble has begun, and the end is near.
32. Dashing trouble initiative - there is a hole, there will be a gap.
33. Young people scold and amuse themselves, and the old people scold and rage.
34. They carry water to (offended) angry people, and they ride the good ones themselves.
35. Don’t open your mouth to someone else’s loaf, get up early and get started.
36. Not everything is Maslenitsa for the cat, there will be a post.
37. The woodpecker is not sad that he cannot sing, the whole forest can already hear him.
38. Neither fish nor meat, neither caftan nor cassock.
39. A new broom sweeps in a new way, and when it breaks, it’s lying under the bench.
40. One in the field is not a warrior, and the traveler.
41. The horses are dying from work, and people are getting stronger.
42. Oats don't make horses roam, but they do not seek good from good.
43. Double-edged sword hits here and there.
44. Repetition is the mother of learning, consolation for fools.
45. Repetition is the mother of learning and a refuge for lazy people.
46. Water does not flow under a lying stone, but under the rolling one - he doesn’t have time.
47. The drunken sea is knee-deep, and the puddle is head over heels.
48. Dust in a column, smoke in a rocker, but the hut is not heated, not swept.
49. Work is not a wolf, it won’t run into the forest, That’s why it’s necessary to do it, damn it.
50. Grow big, but don’t be a noodle, stretch a mile, don't be simple.
51. A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar, that's why he avoids it.
52. A hand washes a hand, yes they both itch.
53. If you get along with a bee, you’ll get some honey, If you get in touch with a beetle, you'll end up in manure.
54. Your eye is a diamond, and the stranger is glass.
55. Seven troubles - one answer, eighth problem - nowhere at all.
56. The bullet is afraid of the brave, and he’ll find a coward in the bushes.
57. Dog in the manger lies there, doesn’t eat on her own and doesn’t give it to the cattle.
58. The dog was eaten choked on their tail.
59. Old age is not joy, If you sit down, you won’t get up; if you run, you won’t stop..
60. An old horse will not spoil the furrow, and it won’t plow deep.
62. Fear has big eyes, they don't see anything.
63. If you hit one cheek, turn the other one, but don't let yourself get hit.
64. Uma chamber, yes the key is lost.
65. Bread on the table - and the table is a throne, and not a piece of bread - and the table is board.
66. My mouth is full of trouble, and there's nothing to bite.
IN in live speech, people most often turn to folk aphorisms not because of their aesthetic function, but as a pragmatic component, as if reinforcing their thoughts with authority folk wisdom. When resorting to such a technique, it is very important to use the proverb in place and accurately understand its meaning.
It is known that some folk expressions today are much shorter. As a rule, the main part of the proverb remains unchanged, and both versions, full and short, have the same meaning. At the same time, the “lost” continuation of proverbs is sometimes so unexpected that it can serve as a counter-argument to a more modern version.
Guided by the eternal desire to contain as much information as possible in as little space as possible, in living speech over time, preference is most often given to truncated expressions, which, in turn, is not a reason for forgetting the original versions of folk sayings. They are of interest not only as an object of linguistic research, but also as an integral part of the cultural and historical heritage.
For example, the expression “A spoon is on its way to dinner,” often used today in the form of a single-member composition, has a continuation: “A spoon is on its way to dinner, and then at least for a bench.” What is the meaning of the proverb?
The expression appeared at a time when the spoon was, in fact, the only cutlery used common people at every hot meal, food was served to the table in one large dish (kettle, pot or on a wooden dish), and forks and personal plates remained the privilege of rich people. Naturally, without a spoon, getting your portion without getting burned was quite problematic. The direct meaning of the first part of the linguistic aphorism is clear, but what does “there’s at least a bench there” mean?
In Russian huts, large utensils (pots, cast iron) were stored in a special bench that ran from the stove along the side wall. The “china” shop differed from the other shops in the house in its height and the presence of shelves covered with doors or a curtain.
Smaller kitchen utensils, basically those that were used every day, including spoons, were stored in crockery - shelves located above the ship's bench. The space under the benches in the hut was called the podlavnik or podlavoch. And although the under-bench had a useful function, for example, under the “men’s” bench, the so-called “konik”, the owner stored tools (saws, axes, etc.), but due to its location, the under-bench, naturally, could not be considered a prestigious place in the house - all the garbage accumulated there. The status of the under-bench in the hut can be judged by the following proverb: “A new stock goes from shelf to shelf, but when it gets old, it piles up on the under-bench.”
It is noteworthy that in Rus', when sweeping the floor, all the garbage was swept under the bench into the “stove corner”, also known as “woman’s kut” - the space in the house near the stove, where women spent most of their time doing housework. After the garbage was collected, it was burned in a furnace. It is interesting that from the tradition of leaving dirty linen in the house in order to burn it later, a proverb-instruction was born - “Don’t take dirty linen out of the house, but put it under the bench,” which means: “don’t gossip!” Returning to the expression “Dear spoon...”, the second part of the aphorism in a deliberately exaggerated and rude form expresses an everyday observation - the need for spoons after dinner is small, having fulfilled their function, they become useless, therefore, they can be thrown under the bench, that is, forgotten about them .
The figurative meaning of the proverb is the following - the value of something, not only things, but also ideas, actions, is realized at the moment when they (thing, service, thought, etc.) are needed and interested. In other words, what is valuable is what is received on time.
The aphorism is used not only in relation to people, but also objects and phenomena. The extreme value of timely assistance is especially acutely realized when it comes to human health and life. Quite often the saying is used to condemn the belated actions or inaction of someone. For example, when a person who was asked for help refused, and then still expressed a desire to help, but his services were no longer needed. The famous saying has both Russian and foreign analogues. In particular, the British have a popular expression, which when translated into Russian sounds like this: “One stitch done on time is worth nine.”
But, just as too much seasoning drowns out the taste of the main dish, speech overly peppered with proverbs only causes irritation. In such cases, it seems that the interlocutor is unable to express his personal attitude to the subject of conversation, hiding behind ready-made life formulas.
You can convince with the help of folk wisdom only when it reflects not only a typical situation, but also the speaker’s own thoughts and feelings.
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On this page: the meaning (meaning) of the proverb “A spoon is dear to dinner.”
Many people in everyday life use certain sayings, proverbs and other examples of folk wisdom that have been created over the years, centuries and have developed into a whole layer of culture of the Russian people. But due to current circumstances, we do not know all the sayings completely. Some sayings and proverbs have survived to this day in a shortened version. The meaning is already clear to everyone, but the continuation, the ending of the saying, is also interesting. It’s never too late to learn and experience new things, as they say, so the sayings in their full form should be read and remembered. Still, this is folk wisdom, after all. And the full versions of famous sayings are quite interesting.
Full versions of proverbs
A raven will not peck out a crow's eye, but will peck it out and not pull it out.
The dust is a column, the smoke is a rocker, but the hut is not heated, not swept.
An old horse will not spoil the furrows, and it will not plow deep.
Horses die from work, but people grow stronger.
The hen pecks every grain, and the whole yard is covered in droppings.
Fear has big eyes, but they see nothing.
They ate the dog and choked on its tail.
Bad luck is the beginning - there is a hole, there will be a gap.
The ward is crazy, but the key is lost.
My tongue, my enemy, prowls before my mind, seeking trouble.
Hunger is not an aunt - she won’t bring you a pie.
The fisherman sees the fisherman from afar, so he avoids them.
Even if a fool likes a stake, he puts two of his own.
Young people scold and are amused, and old people scold and get angry.
Neither fish, nor meat - neither caftan, nor cassock.
Miracles in the sieve - there are many holes, but nowhere to jump out.
The lip is not a fool - the tongue is not a shovel.
Whoever remembers the old is out of sight, and whoever forgets is both.
The hand washes the hand, but both itch.
For a beaten person they give two unbeaten ones, but they don’t take much.
Alone in the field is not a warrior, but a traveler.
A new broom sweeps in a new way, but when it breaks, it lies under the bench.
For a drunk, the sea is knee-deep, and the puddle is up to his ears.
Goal is like a falcon, and sharp as an axe.
You're as lucky as a drowned man on Saturday - you don't have to heat the bathhouse.
Two boots in a pair, both left.
If you chase two hares, you won’t catch a single wild boar.
All right, but the knot is here.
Old age is not a joy and youth is disgusting.
Using well-known words in your speech catchphrases, for example from literary classics or popular films, we often don’t even finish them. Firstly, most often we see from the face of the interlocutor that we read the same books and watched the same films, and it is clear to us that we understood each other. Secondly, many phrases are so recognizable to everyone that the second half of them has not been said for a long time. But another generation will come and will think that all wisdom is only in this short phrase, not knowing about its understatement, losing its original meaning! This happened with many sayings and proverbs. We pronounce them, thinking that their meaning is clear to us from the cradle, but... Apparently, our ancestors also did not bother to finish them, leaving us with only their first halves as an inheritance...
Let's try to look for the original meaning by returning the endings to the proverbs. Let's start with proverbs that have lost only part of their meaning: everything seems to be correct, but something is missing, something is unsaid.
Hunger is not my aunt won't bring you a pie.
Don’t open your mouth to someone else’s loaf, Get up early and start your own business.
Take it out and put it down; give birth, give it to me.
The spool is small, but expensive; The stump is large and rotten.
Young people scold and amuse themselves, and the old people scold and rage.
Everything is clear with these proverbs - there is only some inconsistency in them, and the returned part strengthens the meaning of folk wisdom. It is more difficult with those proverbs and sayings, the meaning of which has completely changed with the loss of their second part!
How often have we heard from adults in childhood: “A healthy mind in a healthy body!”? It seems that the meaning is beyond doubt, and we repeat the same thing to our children, for example, forcing them to do morning exercises. But originally it sounded like this: “A healthy mind in a healthy body is a rare occurrence.” That's exactly what he wrote Decimus Junius Juvenal, Roman satirist poet, in his Satires. This is what it means to take words out of context, which many people abuse nowadays. The meaning, it turns out, was completely different!
The drunken sea is knee-deep– it’s clear that a drunk person doesn’t care about anything, but in reality? The drunken sea is knee-deep, and the puddle is head over heels.
Crazy room! So very smart man, and his opinion is worth listening to. What if we return the ending? Uma chamber, yes the key is lost!
Repetition is the mother of learning! Well, what other meaning could there be? And you ask Ovid, these are his words: "Repetition is the mother of learning" and the refuge of donkeys (the comfort of fools).”
The meaning of many proverbs without their missing part is generally unclear! Why would this be said: “ Lucky as a drowned man.” But if you restore the entire text, then everything will fall into place:
How lucky Saturday to the drowned man - There is no need to heat the bathhouse! So luck is only on the side of those who drowned on Saturday - they won’t have to heat the bathhouse, saving money on the household!
The chicken pecks at the grain - that is, every task is done little by little , but return the ending and everything will appear in a different light . The chicken pecks at the grain , and the whole yard is covered in droppings!
As soon as new management appears at work and starts innovations, someone is sure to say: “A new broom sweeps in a new way!” But the whole point is in the second half: “A new broom sweeps in a new way, and when it breaks, it’s lying under the bench.”
When, for example, previously unknown like-minded people meet, who are passionate about the same thing or people of the same profession, they say : “A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar.” But in reality it was: “A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar, That’s why he avoids it.” After all, where one is already fishing, the other has nothing to do!
Here are still unknown endings to famous proverbs.
Grandmother [ I was wondering] said in two [ Either it’s raining or it’s snowing, or it’s going to happen, or it’s not].
Poverty is not a vice [ and twice as bad].
A raven will not peck out a crow's eye [ and he’ll peck it out, but won’t pull it out].
It was smooth on paper [ Yes, they forgot about the ravines, and walk along them].
Goal like a falcon [ and as sharp as an ax].
Hunger is not my aunt [ won't bring you a pie].
Lip is not a fool [ tongue is not a shovel].
Two pair of boots [ yes both left].
Girlish shame - to the threshold [ stepped over and forgot].
The master's work is afraid [ and another master of the matter].
Road spoon for dinner [ and there at least under the bench].
At least a fool has some fun [ he puts his two].
For a beaten two unbeaten they give [ it doesn't hurt to take it].
If you chase two hares, not a single one [ wild boar] you won't catch it.
The hare's legs are [ The wolf's teeth are fed, the fox's tail is protected].
[AND] matter of time, [ And] fun time.
A mosquito won't knock down a horse [ until the bear helps].
Whoever remembers the old is out of sight [ and whoever forgets - both].
The chicken pecks at the grain [ and the whole yard is covered in droppings].
Bad troubles beginning [ there is a hole, there will be a hole].
Young people scold and amuse themselves [ and the old people scold and rage].
Don’t open your mouth to someone else’s loaf [ get up early and get started].
Not everything is Maslenitsa for the cat [ there will be a post].
The woodpecker is not sad that he cannot sing [ the whole forest can already hear him].
Alone in the field is not a warrior [ and the traveler].
The horses are dying from work [ and people are getting stronger].
A double-edged sword [ hits here and there].
Repetition is the mother of learning [ consolation for fools].
Repetition is the mother of learning [ and a refuge for lazy people].
The drunken sea is knee-deep [ and the puddle is head over heels].
Dust in a column, smoke in a rocker [ but the hut is not heated, not swept].
Grow big, [ Yes] don't be a noodle [ stretch a mile, don't be easy].
If you get along with the bee, you'll get some honey [ If you get in touch with a beetle, you'll end up in manure].
Seven troubles - one answer [ eighth problem - nowhere at all].
Dog in the manger [ lies there, doesn’t eat on her own and doesn’t give it to the cattle].
An old horse won't ruin the furrow [ and it won’t plow deep].
Fear has big eyes [ they don't see anything].
Uma chamber [ yes the key is lost].
Bread on the table - and the table is the throne [ and not a piece of bread - and a table].
Miracles in a sieve [ there are a lot of holes, but nowhere to jump out].
Sewn-covered [ and the knot is here].
My tongue is my enemy [ before the mind prowls, seeks troubles].
For many centuries it has been passed down from generation to generation with the help of proverbs and sayings. And although today this part of Russian folklore has lost its former popularity, it is not completely forgotten. It often happens that when using any established expressions, we do not even suspect that they are proverbs. However, many proverbs and sayings have come to us modified: some of them have lost their ending. This is the fate that befell the continuation of the proverb. Let us remember how it sounded in its original form, and also see whether this fact influenced the meaning that was put into the proverb by our ancestors.
Origin of the proverb
First of all, it should be noted that this proverb is not entirely Russian in origin. The word "pair" in it comes from the Latin par, meaning "equal". Knowing this fact, you can guess the meaning of the saying.
Linguists offer two versions of the origin of phraseological units. According to the first version, there was this phrase from professional activity shoemakers. Previously, shoes for both the right and left feet were sewn absolutely the same, without any differences (this is how felt boots are still sewn). This is where the expression “a pair of two boots” comes from.
According to another version, this phraseological unit owes its origin to the girls who prepared the dowry. Previously, the bride’s “property” had to include a pair of felt boots made by the girl herself. And since in Rus' felt boots were also considered boots (V.I. Dal defines felt boots as boots or shoes made of wool), this is where the second version of the origin of the proverb “two pairs of boots” follows.
How does the proverb end?
There are many versions. Some on the Internet claim that the proverb “two boots are a pair” has several continuations. The most common option is “both left”, as well as its modifications (“both are on the left leg”, etc.). More inquisitive users found a version of the proverb in which the beginning was cut off: “A goose and a loon - two boots in a pair” (there is a version of “sandpiper and a loon”). There is even a version of “two boots - felt boots”, but all this information is erroneous.
A true continuation of the proverb "two boots are a pair"
The Internet as a source of information is a wonderful thing, although it has one significant drawback. Information posted on the World Wide Web is not always true. This is what happened with the continuation of the proverb “two boots are a pair.”
If you turn to the most famous collector of Russian folklore, Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl, and look into his book “Proverbs and Sayings of the Russian People” out of interest, you can find a lot of interesting things. So, for example, the end of folk wisdom: “The hen pecks at the grain,” according to what has spread in lately lists of “complete” sayings and proverbs include the words “yes, the whole yard is covered in litter.” However, in the dictionary V.I. Dahl gives a completely different ending. In fact, full version This popular aphorism sounds completely different: “The chicken pecks a grain, but lives well.”
And the phrase: “Whoever remembers the old is out of sight,” in contrast to modern lists, there is no continuation at all. This is the full version of the saying. True, there is also a version of the proverb that goes: “Whoever remembers the old will be punished by the devil.”
How does the proverb “two boots fit” end? According to Dahl's collection of Russian folklore, this folk aphorism has no ending at all. But the proverb has a beginning that has been lost in time: “Odd and odd are the same as even. Two boots in a pair.”
The meaning of the proverb "two boots are a pair"
About the meaning of this catchphrase you can guess if you know that in the old days boots were opposed to bast shoes. Boots used to be worn only by wealthy people and dandies who wanted to be considered rich. This is where the ironic connotation of the word “boots” came from. This is confirmed by such sayings as “boots with squeaks, but porridge without butter”, as well as “don’t judge in bast shoes, boots in a sleigh” (says the person entering the hut).
The generally accepted meaning of the proverb is that two boots are a pair - " suitable friend friend." Most often this phraseological unit is used with irony, indicating the similarity of people in negative qualities. This meaning is especially clearly manifested in the modern full version of the proverb: “Two boots are a pair, but both are left.”
It’s similar with the beginning of the saying: “Odd and odd are the same as even.” V.I. himself Dahl explains the word "odd" as unpaired. And the word “even” (it’s a couple) for the same Dahl is equivalent to the word “pair”. That is, the phrase “odd with odd is the same even,” using more understandable words, will sound like “unpaired with unpaired is the same pair.”
Proverbs and sayings similar in meaning
A huge variety of phraseological units have a similar semantic meaning to the proverb “two boots in a pair”:
- "Berry of a feather."
- "It's like they were cut from the same block."
- “Everything here is on the same block.”
- "Both are two, neither is good."
- "They're all painted with the same world."
- "Cut with one blow."
- "Birds of the same flight."
- "Like two peas in a pod."
- "Same suit."
These are just a few of them.