Russian proverbs and popular sayings differ in brevity and accuracy, they have incorporated centuries-old folk wisdom. A capacious phrase of several words can assess the event, determine the behavior for the future.
Appearance story
Popular proverbs and sayings are found in the earliest monuments of Old Russian writing. Some of them are folded by the people, some are taken from liturgical sources. Many catch phrases from the famous works of Krylov, Pushkin, Griboedov gained such popularity that they became popular. Proverbs and sayings dedicated their work to P. K. Simoni, M.I. Shakhnovich, V.N. Illustrov, V.I. Dahl. They believe that according to popular proverbs and sayings, you can study the history of the people, traditions, understand its nature.
The Dahl dictionary contains over 32,000 sayings, which are classified into various sections.
Seven times measure cut once
This wise advice teaches that you do not have to rush to make decisions. It can be understood literally, as the advice of a dressmaker who, before cutting, must check whether she has correctly set the dimensions, whether the direction of the shared thread and pile has taken into account, or whether she has laid out all the details on the fabric. This is the moment when mistakes can still be avoided, but just a few minutes after the details are cut out, defects and mistakes can no longer be fixed. In case of failure, you will need to acquire a new cut.
In life, everything is more complicated. Before you take decisive action in any area of life, you need to make sure several times that it will do more good than harm. Do I need to take a loan, get a divorce, move, change jobs, discover other people's secrets? You need to think carefully before acting. Indeed, then another truth will come into force - "they don’t wave their fists after the fight."
Live a century, learn a century, and die a fool!
This popular saying often sounds when a person makes mistakes out of ignorance due to lack of information. And having made a decision and having done the business, he finds out that the laws have changed or circumstances, and the business has already been done. It is spoken with the intonation of regret or irony.
Cat from home, mouse to dance
This popular saying is used in those cases when the boss leaves his subordinates without supervision, parents - children. Having lost their usual control, they stop working, talk a lot, start drinking tea, and even the children, left to their own devices, can have so much fun that apartment renovation is required.
Every man to his own taste
What you like and is suitable for one, for the other may be completely unacceptable. Disagreement may arise between friends, relatives, husband and wife. This applies literally to food and clothing, but a popular saying can be used in an allegorical sense, for example, when choosing a life path. In case of disagreement, it is necessary to remain in peaceful relations, but at the same time, everyone has the right to have their own point of view. In these cases they say that you will not please everyone
The most popular sayings are an adornment of the language, carry the memory of history, traditions, the fate of the people. Studying and knowing them is very useful, if you look into special dictionaries, you can replenish your supplies with new sayings. This is a real storehouse of wisdom, transmitted by previous generations.