What are proverbs and proverbs


Proverb is a short folk saying with edifying content, the popular aphorism “Enter the proverb” is to become well-known due to its specificity. Thus, many lines of IA Krylov’s fables are included in the proverb. The proverb is a short, stable expression, predominantly figurative, which, unlike the proverb, is a complete statement (SI Ozhegov, N. Yu. Shvedova, Dictionary of the Russian Language). What is the difference between a proverb and a saying? In general, the proverb teaches people, it has a deep meaning. A proverb is a good remark about an event, a phenomenon, an object. Compare: “business time, fun hour” – the proverb, “the hour from the hour is not easier” – the saying.

Proverbs and sayings are works of oral custody of the people. Read them interesting and exciting. They reflect the life of a person, love of parents, notes the traits of people and describes natural phenomena. They do not become obsolete, will be read

and will always find a response in the human soul. Among the proverbs and sayings are those that are composed of Russian writers and poets, those that were folded in the soviet time, but there are proverbs and sayings of our days.

What is the land, such is the bread.

He who trusts in heaven, he sits without bread.

As in May the rain, so will rye.

The horse is an oats, and the land is manure.

Cuckoo snapped – it’s time to sow flax.

A frog with a voice is this oats.

Oats love to walk in the water and in time.

The early couple will give birth to wheat, and the later will give birth to a mettle.

Rye feeds entirely, and wheat is optional.

The wolf feeds the legs.

Dawn of gold showered.

Gold is not gold, not being under a hammer.

Gold is known to the fire, man – in labor.

Gold glitters in the mud.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Like a lazy horse: if you hit, then you will leave.

Like a bear – there is no soul in the forest.

How the elephant loafs.

There are many stars in

the sky, yes high. There is a lot of gold in the land, but deep. And in his bosom penny for any time is good.

Sowing barley, do not wait for wheat.

And the dog knows its side.

Motherland is more beautiful than the sun, more precious than gold.

Goose over the sea flew, a goose, not a swan, and flew back.

In a foreign land and the dog yearns.

A rich and a gold tears pour.

It’s bare, it’s bare, but there’s a bulb in the soup.

Hunger and wolf from the forest drives.

A hungry wolf is stronger than a well-fed dog.

A grappling dinner without bread.

The bread is dear, if there is no money.

The cat lives, the dog lives, but what kind of life?

A lot of rye, but all the swans.

Sheep are sheared, the sheep tremble.

And the bear dances in captivity.

A horse has oats without a vestibule, but he is eager for freedom.

There would be bread, and porridge will be.

Bread in the way is not a burden.

People do not joke about bread.

Peas and turnips – the stomach is not strengthened.

Peas are not rowan, but all are one.

I would eat radishes, but my teeth are rare.

Turnip is – a small honor.

The wolf called a goat for a feast, but the goat does not go.

A cow in the heat – milk on the table.

Do not believe the buckwheat in bloom, but believe in the barn.

Do not be born poppy – you will live like this.

The holy horse has eight legs.

Altyn silver does not break ribs.

A fox of seven wolves will hold.


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What are proverbs and proverbs