{"id":11678,"date":"2019-05-06T07:49:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T07:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11678"},"modified":"2019-05-08T15:48:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:48:51","slug":"4-russian-sayings-with-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/4-russian-sayings-with-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Russian Sayings With Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s1\">Russian has quite a few sayings featuring animals\u2014you can see our previous post on this subject <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/birds-rights-and-other-animal-idioms-in-russian\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">This time, I wanted to add four more expressions you can occasionally hear in Russian speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\u041a\u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0301\u043a\u0430\u043b<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_11680\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11680\" class=\"wp-image-11680 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/cat-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"kitten standing on its hind paws\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/cat-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/cat-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/cat-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/zBvVuRJ71vU?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Marko Bla\u017eevi\u0107<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/cat?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u041a\u043e\u0442 is a male cat (the female form, \u043a\u043e\u2018\u0448\u043a\u0430 is more common to talk about a random street cat whose sex you don&#8217;t know). \u041f\u043b\u0430\u2018\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c is to cry. This perfective form with the prefix \u043d\u0430- indicates completion up to a certain amount. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Put together, \u043a\u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0301\u043a\u0430\u043b literally means &#8220;the amount a cat has cried&#8221; and really says &#8220;very little.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u0423 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u043a\u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0301\u043a\u0430\u043b (We barely have any money).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u041d\u0435 \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0451 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0301\u0447\u044c\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u0301\u043b\u043e<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u0421\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043a\u0430 is a generic word for a dog. It is technically feminine, but it used for any unfamiliar dog over the masculine word \u043f\u0451\u0441. Calling a person \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043a\u0430 is an insult that implies the person is vile and dishonorable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u041d\u0435 \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0451 \u0434\u0435\u0301\u043b\u043e is already pretty direct and means &#8220;none of your business.&#8221; Adding the possessive adjective \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0301\u0447\u044c\u0435 makes it even more dismissive because it implies that you&#8217;re calling the other person a dog. Note that other possessive pronouns may be used in place of \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0451, e.g. \u0435\u0433\u043e&#8217; to say &#8220;his,&#8221; &#8220;\u0435\u0451&#8221; to say &#8220;her,&#8221; etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u0421\u043e\u0441\u0435\u0301\u0434 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u2018\u043b, \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u044f \u0437\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044e, \u043d\u043e \u044d\u0301\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0435\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0301\u0447\u044c\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u0301\u043b\u043e (My neighbo(u)r asked me how much I made, but that&#8217;s nice of his darn business).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u041a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0301\u0440 \u043d\u043e\u0301\u0441\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0438\u0442<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_11681\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11681\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11681\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"close-up of a mosquito\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito.jpg 2031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/sZIjgg4Peu0?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">\u0415\u0433\u043e\u0440 \u041a\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0432<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/mosquito?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u0422\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0301\u0442\u044c in this case means to sharpen. You might recognize it from \u0442\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0301\u043b\u043a\u0430, pencil sharpener. \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0301\u0440 is a mosquito, and \u043d\u043e\u0441 is a nose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Put together, this gives us the quite surreal &#8220;a mosquito won&#8217;t be able to sharpen its nose.&#8221; It basically means that something, often questionable or shady, will be arranged so impeccably that it won&#8217;t attract any suspicion or criticism.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u041a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0438\u044e \u0437\u0430\u0440\u0435\u0433\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0301\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u2014 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0301\u0440 \u043d\u043e\u0301\u0441\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0438\u0442 (We&#8217;ve registered our company \u2014 it&#8217;s all beyond reproach).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0431\u0435\u0301\u043b\u043a\u0430 \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0301<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u0411\u0435\u0301\u043b\u043a\u0430 is a squirrel, and \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0441\u043e\u0301 is a wheel. Put together, this means &#8220;like a squirrel in a wheel.&#8221; Think of the hamster wheel metaphor in English: this refers to the &#8220;rat race&#8221; or endless work that brings free results and that you can&#8217;t catch a break from. The usual verb that goes with this expression is \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0442\u0438&#8217;\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f (to spin).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0301 \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0441\u0435\u0301\u043c \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u0301\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0435\u0431\u044f\u0301: \u0432\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0447\u0443\u0301\u0441\u044c \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0431\u0435\u0301\u043b\u043a\u0430 \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0301 (I have no time for myself at all \u2014 I&#8217;m so busy all day long).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I hope this was informative. Feel free to add your own sayings!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito-350x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"close-up of a mosquito\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/mosquito.jpg 2031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Russian has quite a few sayings featuring animals\u2014you can see our previous post on this subject here.\u00a0This time, I wanted to add four more expressions you can occasionally hear in Russian speech. \u041a\u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0301\u043a\u0430\u043b \u041a\u043e\u0442 is a male cat (the female form, \u043a\u043e\u2018\u0448\u043a\u0430 is more common to talk about a random street cat whose sex&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/4-russian-sayings-with-animals\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":11681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1897,541317,13008],"class_list":["post-11678","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","tag-animals","tag-idioms","tag-russian-sayings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11678"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11696,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11678\/revisions\/11696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}