{"id":9604,"date":"2016-12-01T07:09:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T07:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=9604"},"modified":"2016-11-30T18:26:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:26:51","slug":"easy-does-it-sayings-with-%d0%bb%d1%91%d0%b3%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/easy-does-it-sayings-with-%d0%bb%d1%91%d0%b3%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Does It: Sayings With \u041b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0439"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

\u041b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0439 means “easy” or “light” (weight-wise). Apart from being a useful word in its own right, \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0439 appears in a number of common sayings.<\/p>\n

Pronunciation note: don’t worry about trying to enunciate the \u0433. This word is pronounced as if it were spelled “\u043b\u0451\u0445\u043a\u0438\u0439.” A useful homonym is \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0435 (lungs, singular \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u043e\u0435).<\/p>\n

\u041b\u0451\u0433\u043e\u043a \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0435<\/h1>\n

\u041b\u0451\u0433\u043e\u043a is the short form of the masculine \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0439. Other short forms are \u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430<\/span> (feminine), \u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u043e<\/span> (neuter), and \u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0438<\/span> (plural). This saying is used when someone you were just talking about shows up, similarly to the English “speak of the devil.”<\/p>\n

\u0410 \u043c\u044b \u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span> \u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438. \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u044f, \u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0433\u043e\u043a \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0435. (We were just remembering you. Speak of the devil, as they say.)
\n[\u0415\u0432\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0442\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432. \u041f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043d\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e (1975)]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u041b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430<\/span> \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u044a\u0451\u043c<\/h1>\n

\u041b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430<\/span> is the feminine short form. Other forms are \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043e\u043a (m.), \u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u043e<\/span> (n.), \u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0438<\/span> (pl.) This expression literally translates “easy to rouse” and means that someone is easy to get going, up for anything, and does not require lengthy preparations.<\/p>\n

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\u0421\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0432 \u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u2015 \u0433\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043a\u0438, \u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0435, \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0444\u0430\u0433\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u0435 \u2015 \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0438 \u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0438<\/span> \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u044a\u0435<\/span>\u043c; \u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0432\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0435 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u044b\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0432\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0441\u0435\u0442\u044c \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0433 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u0435. (The builders of the great powers of Antiquity \u2014 Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians \u2014 did not stop at anyting; they ruled the seas and paved an expansive road network on dry land.) [\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432. \u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0430\u0435\u043c \/\/ \u00ab\u0417\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 – \u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430\u00bb, 2005]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u0427\u0430\u0441 \u043e\u0442 \u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0443 \u043d\u0435 \u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0433\u0447\u0435<\/h1>\n
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Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

This expression literally means “Not easier from one hour to the next.” It is said to describe a situation that’s getting progressively worse.<\/p>\n

\u2015 \u041d\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0443<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0430\u044e, \u2015 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a. \u2015 \u041c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> \u0432\u044b<\/span>\u0433\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0438\u0437 \u043a\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u0430.
\n\u041e\u043d \u0443\u0441\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0433\u043b\u0443\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u0443\u044e \u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0443.
\n\u2015 \u0427\u0430\u0441 \u043e\u0442 \u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0443 \u043d\u0435 \u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0433\u0447\u0435.
\n(“I’m not playing hooky,” my intelocutor insisted. “I’ve been kicked out of the classroom.”
\nHe sees a principal difference here.
\n“Even better.”)
\n[\u0412\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c \u0411\u0430\u0435\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439. \u0426\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0435\u043b\u043e\u043a \/\/ \u00ab\u0417\u0432\u0435\u0437\u0434\u0430\u00bb, 2008]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u0421 \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0440\u0443\u043a\u0438<\/span><\/h1>\n

\u0420\u0443\u043a\u0430 in this context is “hand.” This expression literally translates as “off someone’s light hand” and describes a situation when people start doing something following someone’s example or decision.<\/p>\n

\u0421 \u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0433\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0440\u0443\u043a\u0438<\/span> \u044d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435, \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u0448\u0435\u0435\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043e\u0434 \u0441\u043e \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u044b 1980-\u0445 \u0434\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430 1990-\u0445, \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u00ab\u043f\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 Y\u00bb. (This generation, born from the latter half of the 80s through the early 90s, was dubbed “Generation Y” by the experts.) [\u0410\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0441\u0438\u044f \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0435\u0432\u0430. \u0410\u043c\u0431\u0438\u0446\u0438\u043e\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0438 \u0431\u0435\u0441\u0441\u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \/\/ \u00ab\u042d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0442\u00bb, 2014]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

C \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u043c<\/h1>\n

This saying, literally meaning “[I congratulate you on] easy steam,” is said to someone who has just taken a bath or a shower. It is widely known thanks to Eldar Ryazanov’s comedy film<\/a>, which is shown in Russia every New Year’s eve\/day. I cannot think of an equivalent English saying (“Hope you enjoyed your bath”?) since showering is not seen as a cause for celebration in Anglophone cultures. \ud83d\ude42 Traditionally, this saying was used for the Russian\u00a0banya\u00a0<\/em>(sauna), hence the reference to steam.<\/p>\n

[\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0434\u044f\u0449\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0438\u0437 \u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0443] \u0421 \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u043c! \u041d\u0443 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043f\u043e\u043c\u044b<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f? \u2015 \u0417\u0430\u043c\u0435\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e!
\n([a wife to a husband coming out of the bathroom] Welcome back! How was your shower? \u2014 Wonderful!)
\n[\u0414\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0448\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u044b \/\/ \u041c. \u0412. \u041a\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0439\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f, \u041d. \u041d. \u0420\u043e\u0437\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430. \u0420\u0435\u0447\u044c \u043c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0439: \u041a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0443\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u043e-\u043a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0443\u0440\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0441\u043f\u0435\u043a\u0442. \u041c., 1999, 1991-1999]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"alarm

\u041b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0439 means “easy” or “light” (weight-wise). Apart from being a useful word in its own right, \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0439 appears in a number of common sayings. Pronunciation note: don’t worry about trying to enunciate the \u0433. This word is pronounced as if it were spelled “\u043b\u0451\u0445\u043a\u0438\u0439.” A useful homonym is \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0435 (lungs, singular \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u043e\u0435). \u041b\u0451\u0433\u043e\u043a \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0435…<\/p>\n

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