What is a trick? How is this concept connected with Russian folklore, which has been passed down for centuries from mouth to mouth, from grandfathers to grandchildren? Was the Russian man cunning by nature? You can get answers to all these questions by studying the proverbs about tricks, which will be presented in this article.
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In Russian folk tales, proverbs and sayings very often featured a fox, which became, we can say, a synonym for the word "trick". A red tail, a thin voice, cheating - all this is a description of Patrikeevna.
Is it possible to transfer all this description to a person? Of course, this is what our ancestors did, creating proverbs about tricks. What is the person with this quality? Of course, smart, wise, decisive and courageous. And this can be seen in the example of objects of oral folk art.
Proverbs of Tricks
"Put in a row of seven - one will be cunning"
The meaning of this proverb is quite simple: the world cannot exist without cunning people. At least one person who knows how to trick, but there is.
"When you don’t know something, the trick will come to the rescue"
The truth is simple: it is impossible to know everything. After all, as the famous thinker said: "The more I know, the more I want to know." So it is here. The mind is not as important as wisdom and dexterity, but somewhere, and cunning. After all, you may not know something, but getting out of the situation is completely different.
"No matter how you try to cunning, everything will become apparent"
Here the meaning is slightly different from the two previous ones. After all, often proverbs about tricks also condemned this quality, proving that one must always tell the truth, because in any case even the smallest lie will ever come up.
"No matter how tricky you try, you won’t be able to outwit the truth"
The meaning of this proverb is practically no different from the meaning of the previous one. Proverbs about cunning were very often composed in order to warn against possible consequences. After all, the trick is at least a small, but still a deception.