Proverbs and sayings where available. Folk wisdom about work and professions
Put it on the back burner.In fact, not in “long”, but in “debt”. After the Time of Troubles, during the time of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, the peasants were just beginning to emerge from poverty and ruin. Many incurred debts, which meant being left without food to pay off. Their main creditors - the boyars and nobles - often forgave these debts out of philanthropic motives. A special procedure even arose: its essence is not to destroy the “writing” (debt receipt), because it is a document, and documents in Rus' have been treated with reverence since ancient times, but to put it in a special wooden box, in which it will remain lie "forever". Nowadays, archaeologists often find similar “long boxes”, which greatly enrich our knowledge of the past. One of the most famous “long boxes” was found in Moscow, on the site of the burnt mansion of the Slashchev boyars.
Don't sit in the wrong sleigh.In pre-Petrine times, on Maslenitsa, folk festivals with sleigh races were often held on estates. The famous "threes"! The master himself was in charge of organizing the holiday, and he decided who should be placed in which sleigh. It was considered a great shame not to fulfill the master’s will and to get confused about which sleigh to get into. The community condemned the disobedient, which could even lead to sad consequences. Since then, the warning “don’t sit in the wrong sleigh” began to be given to those who think a lot about themselves and are looking for places that are not worthy of them.
A woman with a cart makes it easier for a mare.Since ancient times, in Rus' the paternal law has been revered: the man is the head of the family, and the woman is submissive to her husband. Women were engaged in household work, completely relying in external affairs on their protector and patron - their husband. However, during the time of Alexei Mikhailovich, vast territories of Little Russia, now called Ukraine, joined ancient Rus'. There people lived for a long time outside the influence of paternal piety, which was actively destroyed by the Poles and Tatars. It got to the point that Little Russian men allowed the “zhinkas” to run things, which was expressed in the fact that they went, for example, to a fair. Remember the famous "Sorochensky Fair"? Naturally, when the reunification took place, piety began to return to the Little Russian land. When a man, after being “under his thumb” for a long time, began to “drive” himself, including the cart, they said “it’s easier for the mare,” that is, in fact, “lekhshe” - it’s not so shameful that a woman drove it.
Work is not a wolf - it will not run away into the forest.At first, the only opportunity for a peasant to serve his master was to work in the field - on arable land. Over time, the so-called “yard servants” emerged, specially engaged only in lordly hunting. There was a lot to do here, and these things required experience and knowledge, unlike primitive peasant labor. One of the most favorite types of hunting was wolf baiting. The wolf was caught in advance and placed in the backyard of the estate so that the hound dogs could sniff it properly. Just before the hunt, the wolf was released, and the lordly hunt could pick up his trail right from the estate. The wolf ran into the forest, where Fresh air and licking the jump brought blush to the cheeks of the master’s daughters and brought them to good mood The owner and his guests. Naturally, the honor of catching or killing a wolf went to only noble hunters, while the servants, after the wolf ran away, remained out of work, in the wings. Her work with the release of the wolf was ending. That’s why they began to tell the peasants: don’t sit, they say, work - your work won’t run away into the forest, you’re far from the specialist janitors, know your business!
You can’t even pull a fish out of a pond without difficulty.This proverb is the most puzzling. What kind of work is meant - after all, fishing today is considered pleasure and relaxation? The answer is hidden in the history of Russia between Peter the Great and Nicholas II. Then foreigners hated Russia, were afraid of it and tried in every possible way to harm it no less than now. Therefore, the peasants lived poorly, their diet was meager, and fish from the pond was a good addition to it. But what to do - after all, the pond on the estate belonged to the master, who often liked to soak his fish in it? Gradually, a custom developed: peasants were allowed to fish in the pond after they had completed their corvee work. Labor in corvée was very easy and not burdensome, but still work. And so it has been since then: work hard first, do a common cause, and then catch your own fish!
Dog in the manger.Surprisingly, it’s not on the hay at all, but on the “Seine”. This saying comes from the famous French river, its history is the same as famous story about "bistro". When the Baikal Cossacks entered Paris in 1913, they were faced with the question of fodder (food) for horses. They started asking the locals where the hay was. The locals did not know the word “hay,” but they knew the name of their river very well. The Cossacks were shown it. When the Cossacks arrived at one of the bridges on the river, they were met by a feisty dog, a local Parisian legend, who did not let anyone cross the bridge. The Cossacks did not want to kill an animal that was true to its instincts, but they had to get through somehow. Then they reported to their officer, who was a nobleman who was fluent in French- he settled the issue with the dog’s owner, and at the same time figured out what was meant by the word “Sena”. And the Cossacks remembered this dog for a long time, the only one of all the French who showed at least some resistance to the Russians, and thereby won their respect. We also remember it, but we just don’t know the origins of this memory, meaning vulgar village hay, and not the name of the French river conquered by our ancestors.
White. White mushroom, white light.The word “white” has always implied a light principle that stands out as a “breed” from its surroundings. This attitude was formed quite recently, already at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries, before the so-called “Russian revolutions”. At this time, city teachers and intellectuals began to come to the villages. As a rule, these were all kinds of nihilists, socialists, populists. They came for a reason, but to preach their teachings that were harmful to the Russian heart. Naturally, the peasants received them with distrust and often open hostility. The ideal of the sanctity of royal power was preserved in the soul of the Russian people. Sometimes the peasants even started riots, which the authorities had to strictly pacify, because a riot is a riot, a serious disobedience, no matter how good the goals it was committed. However, in people’s brains it remains that “the porcini mushroom is the king of mushrooms,” because White color strongly associated with the monarchy. Then fighters for the people and fatherland began to call themselves White...
Who lives well in Rus'?From the course school literature we know that Nekrasov came up with this expression - that’s what he called his famous poem. However, the name itself is a polemical response to the ancient folk saying - “It’s good to live in Rus'!” Nekrasov seems to clarify who exactly is doing well, implying that others are feeling bad. Thus, he drives a wedge between different classes that have lived in harmony and virtue since ancient times. So we lived well in Rus', until Nekrasov and people like him came!
Language is the wealth of a people (ethnic group).
As Karamzin said: “The wealth of language is the wealth of thought!” Indeed, language is a reflection of the thinking of the people. If language is rich and diverse, then thought does not “go in a straight line”, but has its own trajectory. Likewise, the Russian people think in many different ways and have accumulated such a colossal amount of experience that few European cultures can compare with our Russian Culture. The experience of our ancestors is carefully and prudently put into literature. Tales and epics, proverbs and sayings - this is our true Slavic heritage, which we can rightfully be proud of.
Our ancestors were wise people and long before our days they knew that sooner or later our Slavic world would experience, to put it mildly, not better times. Of course, not without the participation of Europe, if you don’t believe me, then take any adequate (not rewritten) history textbook and analyze the events of the “Byzantium - Europe” and “Russia - Europe” eras.
But this is a separate topic for an article. Our ancestors were wise people and put some of their experience into literature, namely into proverbs and sayings. If works such as legends and epics can be banned, destroyed, and stopped being studied school curriculum Finally, proverbs and sayings are passed on from mouth to mouth, i.e. exist freely in speech. But it’s more difficult to fight the language.
Do we know where certain sayings came from? What do the sometimes incomprehensible words and phrases in them mean?
Let's try to plunge into history...
All tryn-grass
The mysterious “tryn-grass” is not some kind of herbal medicine that people drink so as not to worry. At first it was called "tyn-grass", and tyn is a fence. The result was “fence grass,” that is, a weed that no one needed, everyone was indifferent to.
Add the first number
You won't believe it, but old school students were flogged every week, no matter who was right or wrong. And if the “mentor” overdoes it, then such a spanking would last for a long time, until the first day of the next month.
Goal like a falcon
Terribly poor, beggar. Usually they think that we're talking about about the falcon bird. But she has nothing to do with it. In fact, the "falcon" is an ancient military battering gun. It was a completely smooth (“bare”) cast iron block attached to chains. Nothing extra!
Orphan Kazan
This is what they say about a person who pretends to be unhappy, offended, helpless in order to pity someone. But why is the orphan “Kazan”? It turns out that this phraseological unit arose after the conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. The Mirzas (Tatar princes), finding themselves subjects of the Russian Tsar, tried to beg all sorts of concessions from him, complaining about their orphanhood and bitter fate.
Unlucky man
In the old days in Rus', “path” was the name not only for the road, but also for various positions at the prince’s court. The falconer's path is in charge of princely hunting, the hunter's path is in charge of hound hunting, the stablemaster's path is in charge of carriages and horses. The boyars tried by hook or by crook to get a position from the prince. And those who did not succeed were spoken of with disdain: a good-for-nothing person.
Inside out
Now this seems to be a completely harmless expression. And once it was associated with shameful punishment. During the time of Ivan the Terrible, a guilty boyar was placed backwards on a horse with his clothes turned inside out and, in this disgraced form, was driven around the city to the whistling and jeers of the street crowd.
Lead by the nose
Deceive by promising and not fulfilling what was promised. This expression was associated with fairground entertainment.
Gypsies led bears by a ring threaded through their noses. And they forced them, the poor fellows, to do various tricks, deceiving them with the promise of a handout.
Scapegoat
This is the name given to a person who is blamed for someone else. 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 the living goat, thereby, as it were, transferring the sins of the entire people onto it. After this, the goat was driven out into the desert. Many, many years have passed, and the ritual no longer exists, but the expression still lives on.
Sharpen the laces
Lyasy (balusters) are turned, figured posts of railings at the porch. Only a true master could make such beauty. Probably, at first, “sharpening balusters” meant conducting an elegant, fancy, ornate (like balusters) conversation. But in our time, the number of people skilled in conducting such a conversation became fewer and fewer. So this expression came to mean empty chatter.
Grated kalach
In the old days there really was such a type of bread - “grated kalach”. The dough for it was crumpled, kneaded, “grated” for a very long time, which is why the kalach turned out to be unusually fluffy. And there was also a proverb - “do not grate, do not crush, there will be no kalach.” That is, trials and tribulations teach a person. The expression comes from this proverb.
Nick down
If you think about it, the meaning of this expression seems cruel - you must admit, it’s not very pleasant to imagine an ax next to your own nose. In reality, everything is not so sad. In this expression, the word “nose” has nothing to do with the organ of smell. A “nose” was the name given to a memorial plaque or record tag. In the distant past, illiterate people always carried such tablets and sticks with them, with the help of which all kinds of notes or notations were made as memories.
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 a hunt can be jinxed. In the language of hunters, feather means bird, and down means 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 trapping pit!” To which the earner, in order not to jinx it either, replied: “To hell!” And both were confident that the evil spirits, invisibly present during this dialogue, would be satisfied and leave behind, and would not plot intrigues during the hunt.
Beat your head
What are “baklushi”, who “beats” them and when? For a long time, artisans have been making spoons, cups and other utensils from wood. To carve a spoon, it was necessary to chop off a block of wood from a log. Apprentices were entrusted with preparing the bucks: it was an easy, trivial task that did not require any special skill. Preparing such chocks was called “beating the lumps.” From here, from the mockery of the masters at the auxiliary workers - “baklushechnik”, our saying came from.
Rub glasses
How can glasses be rubbed in? Where and why? Such a picture would look very ridiculous. And the absurdity occurs because we are not talking about glasses at all, which are used to correct vision. There is another meaning of the word "points": red and black marks on playing cards. There is even a gambling card game called “point”. For as long as there have been cards, there have been dishonest players and cheaters. In order to deceive their partner, they resorted to all sorts of tricks. By the way, they knew how to quietly “rub in points” - turn a seven into a six or a four into a five, on the go, during the game, by gluing in a “point” or covering it with a special white powder. And the expression “to cheat” began to mean “to deceive”, hence other words were born: “deception”, “deception” - a trickster who knows how to embellish his work, pass off the bad as very good.
After the rain on Thursday
The Rusichi - the most ancient ancestors of the Russians - honored among their gods the main god - the god of thunder and lightning Perun. One of the days of the week was dedicated to him - Thursday (it is interesting that among the ancient Romans Thursday was also dedicated to the Latin Perun - Jupiter). Prayers were offered to Perun for rain during the drought. It was believed that he should be especially willing to fulfill requests on “his day” - Thursday. And since these prayers often remained in vain, the saying “After the rain on Thursday” began to be applied to everything that is unknown when it will come true.
Grandma said in two
In Rus', and now still in villages, the word “Babushka” or “Grandma”, in addition to its main meaning “your mother’s mother” or “elderly woman”, also has an additional meaning - fortune teller, sorceress. The saying “Hey, there’s no need to go to grandma’s here” or “Don’t go to a fortune teller” precisely indicates this with the meaning of the question being extremely clear. Returning to the expression “Grandmother said in two,” the word “In two” - in this context means, as we already know, ambiguity, ambiguity. Thus, the given expression literally means: “the fortune teller did not give a definite answer.” In a figurative sense - “it is unknown how else things will turn out.”
Make a fool of yourself
The fact is that in Rus' it was considered indecent for a woman to show her hair. When women went out, they hid their hair under a scarf and a cap. A woman going out into the street with her hair open was considered a prostitute and no one would marry her. Among decent people, if a strand of hair fell out from under a scarf or hat, they said that she had lost her hair.
So the man could not and accordingly cannot goof off.
With a pig's snout in a Kalash line
It is no secret that in the past, as well as now, in many cities and in Moscow in particular, markets play a significant role in providing goods and food to residents. And before, it was even more difficult to overestimate the importance of the market. Whatever one may say, it was, perhaps, the only place where you could buy anything.
Strict segmentation allowed the buyer to navigate the products and where they were sold. Accordingly, each group of goods had its own row in which they were sold. But merchants are a cunning and agile people, and often traders tried to squeeze into a row with goods that did not correspond to the goods to which this row was allocated.
For example, a pork merchant tried to sell his goods in a shopping aisle where they sell bread products, say kalachi. Of course, the sellers of rolls will say to this “arrogant face”:
- Where are you going with a pig’s snout in a Kalash line?!
Well, pork snout is not swear words addressed to pork sellers, but only an indication of their products in general. He sold pork, and pigs' heads in particular.
And the Kalash row is nothing more than a row where they sell kalachi.
Breshet like a gray gelding
They say this about a person who constantly lies, with or without reason. This expression doesn't seem to make any sense at all. A gelding is a horse. Gray is the color of the horse. But he makes a lie... A horse is not a dog, he neighs, but does not make a lie. And it’s also hard to imagine a lying horse.
And Peter the Great had a German engineer, he was distinguished by the fact that he made up stories all the time. Yes, he said it so smoothly that you will be heard. The only thing is that there was not a word of truth in those stories. And that engineer’s name was Baron Sivers Mergen. So they said “Breshet, like Sivers Mergen.” But, over time, they forgot about the baron, and “Sivers Mergen”, difficult to perceive by the Russian ear, was transformed into the more familiar “gray gelding”. The German has sunk into oblivion, but the saying remains
Proverbs and sayings have come to us since ancient times. These are short, simple, but rich in thought sayings.
They were formed by the people even before literacy appeared in Rus'. A people who could neither read nor write, how would they create their own oral school. In their best proverbs, the people passed on their cherished rules of life from fathers to sons, from grandfathers to grandchildren, and taught children to be wise.
That is why proverbs contain the wisdom of the people, that is why they reflect the people’s views on life.
Ancient proverbs live in our native language today: both in conversation and in books. Proverbs decorate our speech, make it lively and witty. Russian writers and poets loved to listen to people speak and wrote down proverbs and sayings.
My day in proverbs and sayings.
In the morning the sun rises, it calls everyone to get up.
Washing.
I bought soap to wash the stigma.
You can't spoil porridge with oil.
Go to school.
Put off idleness, but don’t put off doing things. The man is uneducated and the ax is not sharpened.
A big piece makes your mouth happy.
Homework.
Some on horseback, some on foot, and some on all fours. A blunder and a blunder - the ship will not leave.
The day until the evening is boring if there is nothing to do.
Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, and give dinner to your enemy.
The morning is wiser than the evening.
Fairy tales according to proverbs
Two friends.
Once upon a time there lived two friends, Sasha and Katya. They signed up for the ski section. Sasha skated better than Katya. Now it's time for the competition. The coach showed the girls the route they should run on and wished them good luck. Sasha and Katya were in the lead, but then Sasha’s ski broke. Katya laughed and ran away. The girls running behind helped Sasha reach the finish line. They were late, but did not abandon the man in trouble. After this incident, Sasha did not become friends with Katya - their friendship broke up.
Friendship is like glass, if you break it, you won’t be able to put it back together.
As it comes back, so will it respond.
Once upon a time there was a boy, Petya. He was an angry boy, he didn’t like cats, if he sees a kitten, he immediately takes it and throws a stone at it.
So the good wizard saw this and decided to turn Petya into a kitten. So Petya the boy became Petya the kitten.
Petya wanders around hungry, looking for something to eat, suddenly some boy runs out and kicks Petya. Petya the kitten felt hurt and offended, and he told himself that he would never hurt kittens again. After all, as it comes back, so will it respond. The wizard heard this and turned the kitten Petya back into a boy.
Now Petya never hurts animals and doesn’t allow others to do so.
Together it’s cramped, but apart it’s boring.
There lived a brother and sister. They had a lot of toys. They constantly quarreled over them. And they decided to share the toys. They divided it up, and everyone began to play in their own corner.
But the soldiers had no one to protect, because the dolls were in another corner.
And there was no one to feed the dolls: there were no soldiers nearby!
Brother and sister sat, thought and decided: “Together it’s cramped, but apart it’s boring!”
Proverbs and sayings about work - the crown folk art. They capture reflections on the meaning of work in human life, dictated by the mind, experience and observations of several generations. Since every day involves work, their relevance will never fade. Now, on the eve of the big holiday - Labor Day, let's remember where a person begins, and the role that work plays in his life.
Proverbs and sayings about work and hard work
A lot has been said about work and hard work. This is not surprising: man has risen above living nature precisely thanks to work.
Throughout the existence of human civilization, it has been and remains the engine of progress, an impetus for the development of intelligence, a source of comfort, satiety, well-being and a global factor in the self-preservation of humans as a biological species.
Proverbs about work begin to sound in early childhood, when a person is just learning about the world. Outside the family, the love of work continues to be cultivated in kindergartens, schools, higher education educational institutions, so that young people do not forget about the global mission - to work for the benefit of their people and inspire everyone they meet along the way to fruitful work.
What interesting things have people said about work and hard work? So:
Labor is the enemy of hunger
Many proverbs about work focus on the fact that you cannot feed yourself without work. They appeared back when people lived by gathering, fishing, and later by farming.
Now their meaning is interpreted somewhat differently: if you don’t work, you won’t receive a salary, and with it, the opportunity to buy food. Here are some of these proverbs:
- You can’t even pull a fish out of a pond without difficulty.
- Labor feeds a person, but laziness spoils him.
- They don’t eat honey without difficulty.
- There, no bread will be born, where no one works in the field.
- What he worked for, he ate.
- Where there are labor successes, there are mountains of grain.
- If you don't crack a nut, you don't even eat the kernel.
- Without bowing to the ground, you won’t raise fungus.
- The sweat on your back means the bread on the table.
Work is the road to happiness
People believed that a person who did not know the beauty of physical labor would never become happy. People who deliberately hid from work were shunned and despised. That's why they said:
- For whom work is joy, for that life is happiness.
- Our happiness lies in common work.
- Love and work give happiness.
- Where there is work, there is happiness.
- Our happiest person is a hardworking person.
Labor is the key to fearlessness, pride, honesty
The moral character of a person is born in work. This is proven by some proverbs and sayings:
- Heroes are born in work.
- They don’t beat you for your work, but give them rewards.
- He who works honestly is not afraid of anything.
- He who works well has something to boast about.
- Where there is work, there is truth.
- Honor cannot be found without difficulty.
- Live by your wits, and grow your honor through hard work.
Labor is a symbol of prosperity and unlimited possibilities
Proverbs about work, in which it is compared with wealth, are especially relevant today. If everyone understands that for the sake of a successful future they need to work hard, envy and anger will disappear in the world, the number of robberies and thefts will decrease, and most importantly, poverty will be overcome. That's why there are such proverbs:
- What is the labor score, such is the honor.
- Fight for a penny from work, be afraid of a penny unearned.
- Labor money lies tightly, someone else’s money sticks out like an edge.
- The labor penny is great.
- Labor money lives forever.
- Whatever you take on with diligence, everything will shine.
Labor is knowledge and the way to apply it
Many proverbs talk about knowledge and science, the power of which is manifested through work. They are a reminder for schoolchildren and students who do not like to study:
- Without learning, without work, life is worthless.
- Live forever, work forever, and while working, learn forever.
- Knowledge and work give a new way of life.
- Without study and work, food will not come to the table.
- The work of learning is boring, but the fruit of learning is delicious.
Labor is the antagonism of laziness, idleness and carelessness
Work always comes with responsibility. This cannot be understood by those who are used to doing everything half-heartedly:
- He who is not afraid of work shuns laziness.
- He who loves to work cannot sit idle.
- Without hassle and labor, it is not corn that grows, but quinoa.
- Without getting your hands wet, you can't wash.
- Those who like to chill should remain in the tail.
Proverbs and sayings about work and hard work are a valuable gift from the past. Everyone should remember them and pass them on to their children.
Proverbs and sayings about professions
The world of professions is rich and unique. In it, everyone can find an activity that will become for him not just a way to earn money, but a calling. That is why folk wisdom paid attention to specialties, considering them the embodiment of labor, knowledge and the best personal qualities of a person.
All proverbs and sayings about professions can be divided into several groups:
Proverbs about people working on the land
The earth is the people's nurse, the mother of fertility and harvest. People have made the most interesting statements about agronomists, machine operators, and gardeners:
Don't wait for rain and thunder, but wait for the agronomist.
Those who are friends with agricultural technology do not worry about the harvest.
A good tractor driver is an artist.
There were times when people loved an accordion player, but now the time has come - they love a tractor driver.
A good gardener is a large gooseberry.
A good gardener has a good garden.
Sayings about doctors
Doctor is the oldest of professions. She combines nobility, humanism, compassion and the perception of other people's pain as her own. People said this about doctors:
- Where there are many doctors, there are many sick people.
- A doctor helps a sick person, and a kalach helps a hungry person.
- Get treatment from a doctor, and learn from a smart person.
- A healthy person does not need a doctor.
Proverbs about teachers and scientists
Science is a sanctuary from which teachers and educators bring fire to the masses. Their mission is invaluable, since all other specialties take their origins from it:
- Honor your teacher as a parent.
- Teach others and you will learn yourself.
- The student and the teacher are judged.
- A scientist without work is like a cloud without rain.
- Teaching a scientist only spoils him.
- The scientist is respectable everywhere.
Sayings about working people
It is difficult to imagine life without blacksmiths, carpenters, dressmakers, builders, as well as foremen and foremen who manage the work process. They are the cogs that hold factories, factories, locomotive depots, repair shops and other industrial facilities:
- The brigade is famous for its foreman.
- Know the work and the worker.
- When you come to the workshop, work better than anyone else.
- Without an ax you are not a carpenter, without a needle you are not a tailor.
- A Swedish man knows a Swedish man by his thimble.
- A carpenter without an ax is like a hut without a corner.
- Whoever builds is responsible.
- The blacksmith's hand is light: if only his neck was strong.
- Food is known by taste, and skill by art.
- Every work of the master is praised.
Proverbs about professions in the livestock industry
Livestock farming as a branch of agriculture became isolated in ancient times. Today, farmers, milkmaids, and shepherds are less prestigious professions than before. But their importance is still great:
- A good shepherd does not care about himself, but about his cattle.
- As is the shepherd, so is the flock.
- He is not a master who does not know his farm.
- It's a bad owner who doesn't look ahead.
- He milks a lot, but the milk is thin.
- If you don't give a cow a drink, you won't need milk.
Folk wisdom about the military, sailors and border guards
People in military professions have always evoked admiration and respect. Legends were made about them, epics, songs and stories were written. Proverbs also contain a lot of love for them:
- The river is no barrier for an experienced warrior.
- I joined the army and found my own family.
- An officer in valor is an example.
- Officers in difficulties are ahead, and when on vacation they are behind.
- The sea wolf knows a lot about everything.
- Know how to be a sailor in order to be an admiral.
- To be afraid of enemies is not to be a border guard.
- Behind the border guard is like behind a stone wall.
Proverbs about people of creative professions - singers, dancers and writers
Quite a lot kind words it is said about professions that are built on inspiration and talent. They are the voice of the people, the embodiment of their hopes and dreams:
- The musician is already dying, but his fingers are still playing.
- The blacksmith has golden hands, and the singer has words.
- Singers and dancers are the first people in the world.
- I started singing the song - finish it, at least crack it.
- Learn to dance when you are young, you won’t learn to dance when you are old.
- True writers are the conscience of humanity.
- Choose a writer the same way you choose a friend.
Proverbs about managers and secretaries
The manager is the key person of any company. He directs the team, inspires them to perform great deeds, sums up the work performed, creates an atmosphere among subordinates and resolves labor disputes that arise. The manager begins not only with a separate office and a solid chair, but also with an executive assistant - secretary:
- A leader without people is like a flower without the sun.
- To sit in a big place - you need to have intelligence.
- If the secretary doesn't whistle, the other boss doesn't understand anything.
- Soul with body- like a secretary with business.
Proverbs and sayings about hard work and professions are pearls of oral folk art. Each of them is a thin thread that connects us with our ancestors and teaches us how to live, what to believe in and what to strive for.
Remember the global role of work not only on the eve of professional holidays or Labor Day. Remember every day: work and labor will take away all adversity.
Where it's thin, that's where it breaks
Where it’s thin, that’s where it breaks - you don’t need to leave anything to chance, count on chance, luck, rely on chance. Where reliability is possible, one should strive for it. Prefer stability to chaos, order to disorder, and power to anarchy. Otherwise, sooner or later, but at the most inopportune moment, weakness, flawed plans, ill-considered actions, irresponsibility in decision-making will appear and ruin the business, mix up plans, reduce calculations to zero, that is, break the thin thread that connected hopes and accomplishmentsAn English synonym for the expression “where it is thin, it breaks” - and chain is only as strong as its weakest link- a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
Analogues of the proverb “where it’s thin, it breaks”
- Where it's bad, that's where it gets flogged
- Poor Makar gets a lot of bumps
- Where there is no share, there is little happiness
- Someone on the head, and me by the temple
- If I knew where to fall, I'd spread straws
- From the rain and under the drops
- Whose sin is the answer
- Left the wolf - attacked the bear
- Out of the frying pan into the fire
- There is a bear in the forest, and a stepmother in the house
- The cow that gives milk falls
Use of the expression in literature
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“However, such a sophisticated scenario was bound to fail, as the saying goes: where it’s thin, it breaks.”(A. D. Sakharov “Memoirs”)
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“That’s it, Mother Stepanovna, woe, woe, because where it’s thin, that’s where it breaks.”(Vasily Belov “Business as usual”)
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“Women’s voices sing, they sing subtly, with all their desire and with all their weakness, it’s hard to listen - so subtly, where it’s subtle, it breaks, just on the verge of a hair - they sing, - just like that professor: “I have one hair on my head, but at least - thick"(M. I. Tsvetaeva “The Tale of Sonechka”)
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“And where it’s thin, that’s where it breaks. The barmaid felt sorry for the beautiful “Polish girl”, but when she saw that the “Polish girl” was pregnant, she was virtuously embarrassed that she allowed “such a girl” to come to her.(A. V. Amphiteatrov Marya Luseva)
I. S. Turgenev “Where it is thin, there it breaks”
Turgenev's play
A comedy in one act, written in 1847 in a special genre of dramatic works - proverb plays (proverbs), popular in Russia in the 1830s. The origins of the genre go back to the salon or secular comedy of the 18th century French playwright P. Marivaux. The main thing in the test was “the verbal duel of the characters (Turgenev has only eight of them), demonstrating their sharpness of mind, intellectual ingenuity and graceful ease of speech passages. At the end of the proverb play there had to be an aphoristic remark, designed to sum up what was happening and reveal the instructive meaning of the events.” At the end of Turgenev’s play, this remark is uttered by one of the characters, Mukhin, with which he reproaches his friend for the excessive subtlety of the psychological game with the charming girl Vera Nikolaevna Libanova: “Mukhin (taking his place with Mlle Bienaimé, in Gorsky’s ear). Okay, brother, okay: don’t be shy... but admit it, “)