Now cooking can take a lot of time, but maybe not. The main thing is that now brewing porridge (the meaning of phraseological units we will analyze today) can be extremely fast. And this applies not only to semi-finished products, but all kinds of life troubles.
Origin
The world was not always so technological and fast, and people were not so effective. Once cooked with feeling and arrangement even porridge. In other words, "There were people in our time ...". Brewing porridge (the meaning of phraseology follows) means creating trouble for yourself and others. The degree of these problems is determined by others and by the figure himself. Small troubles are not always.
And so it happened because earlier porridge in Russia was prepared for church holidays. Both the date and the dish itself left a definite mark on society. Simply put, turmoil and confusion were going on. The society of our ancestors came into motion and excitement. There is another hypothesis in this regard. By “porridge” was understood a feast and a wedding in honor of the young. Here, as they say, comments are superfluous.
Whoever brews porridge is the one who takes it apart. The second part of the saying and the moral of expression
The dictum of brewing porridge (the meaning of phraseological units was discussed above) is not as simple as it seems. It contains not only wisdom, but also some moral message. Usually when a person blames and talks about the dish that he has prepared. They say to him: "He made the porridge himself, and dissolve it yourself."
The saying insists on the responsibility of each person for their actions, and if wider, then for their fate. No one, unless he is just a baby, can shift the solution of his own problems to someone else's shoulders. Although the prospect that someone will come and correct everything is always seductive. But the expression of brewing porridge (the meaning of phraseological unit and its morality speaks of precisely this) resolutely rebels against the flight of a person from responsibility.
Excellent student who traded brilliant prospects for video games
Imagine that the school olympiad decides something. Suppose admission to a prestigious university depends on its results. There is a schoolboy who was preparing for her, not sparing himself. But on the last night, a demon got him, and he did not sleep, but played computer games. And so he failed the Olympics. He comes home, and his father asks:
- Well?
- failed. Three barely received.
- What is wrong with you?
- No, I just didn’t get enough sleep.
- Nervous?
- No, played computer games? Will you swear?
“No, I will punish you differently: you made the porridge, you dissolve it.” And I wash my hands.
There may be many reasons why the student could not stand it and last night and sat down to play. Now they do not interest us. We needed an example.
“Brew porridge” - the meaning of phraseological units in one word cannot be expressed. It will take at least two. The phrase "create trouble" clearly conveys the main meaning of the speech.