| Russian Proverbs or what happens when you scratch a Russian |
Russia moves less loud than silent.
He takes bribes, but only in borzoi puppies.
Dollars are for saving, Roubles are for spending.
My country may be a smelly dung heap, but it’s my smelly dung heap.
Moscow is the third Rome, and there will be no fourth.
“We have no professional prostitutes, just talented amateurs.” Khrushchev
God loves the trinity. (Things that happen in 3)
It takes up a long time to saddle up, but once we’re up we go like stink.
Nothing is permitted, everything is possible.
You had better enjoy life while you can, poor devil; for you’ll end up bankrupt
or even murdered.
Eat breakfast alone, share lunch with a friend, give your supper to your
enemy.
Russian peasants will not cross themselves until the thunder booms.
The smoke of our Motherland is sweet and pleasant.
To each his own tobacco.
Life is a circus.
Patience and work will overcome everything.
Volga Boatman makes any Russian weep.
A career is good, but family happiness is better.
He beats me, so he must love me.
Laughter for no reason is a sign of foolishness.
Idiots don’t play chess.
A dog’s barking is carried everywhere by the wind.
A cold May brings a rich harvest.
A peasant will cross himself only when there is thunder.
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
If you don’t drink or smoke, you’ll die healthy.
Drinking tea is not like cutting wood.
Have a little tea and you will forget your anguish.
Smoking is a slow death, but I’m in no hurry.
Scars become a man.
Sun, fresh air, and water can head off any disease.
You can’t buy health at the pharmacy.
The past is not a bad witness.
There are only two types of vodka: good and very good.
Happy people pay no attention to the time.
All happy families resemble each other, but each unhappy family is unhappy in
it’s own way..
Beauty is a sister of talent.
A wife isn’t a jug, she won’t crack if you hit her.
When you take an eel by it’s tail or a woman by her word, there’s precious
little that stays in your hands.
A dog is wiser than a woman: he won’t bark at his master.
When the eagle is flying, he doesn’t need his mother to count his wing beats.
Everyone gets exactly what he deserves.
Love is cruel, you may fall in love with a goat.
It’s very far up to God: it is much farther up to the Tsar.
Even a cat likes a good word.
Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is.
A word is not a sparrow, once it’s out you can’t catch it.
In Siberia 40 degrees below is not a frost, 100 kilometers is not a distance,
½ hour of vodka is not a drink, and 40 years is not a woman.
Work loves fools.
Bread is at the head of everything.
The devil is not as terrible as he’s painted.
The Tsar will not help us, so there is no Tsar.
Moscow is the heart of Russia, St. Petersburg its head, but Kiev, its mother.
The beauty of a debt is in it’s payment.
When you call yourself a mushroom, be ready to go into the mushroom bag.
Problems come like snow on one’s head.
One beaten man is worth two unbeaten ones.
Moscow does'nt believe in tears.
Moscow was not erected overnight.
Even a hut is heaven when you’re with your beloved.
True love never rusts.
No matter how much you love, look carefully.
Work is not a wolf, it won’t flee to the forest.
If you like to go sledding, you had better carry the sled.
It’s boring to sit idle all the day through.
Patience and work will overcome anything.
You can’t spoil kasha with butter.
Maybe rain, maybe snow: maybe yes, maybe no.
It’s like fish hitting ice.
Nature is waiting, waiting for winter.
You should prepare your carts in December and your sledges in July.
It’s not a sin to laugh at everything that seems funny.
He who laughs without consequences, laughs best.
Laugh through your tears.
Never believe anyone on April 1.
Humor is when you want to laugh terribly, satire is when you want to laugh but
it is too terrible.
Laughter scares even those who fear nothing.
It’s March outside, so put on a pair of trousers.
War does not heal, it scars.
Let us be worthy of the Russian land, for the fallen ones know no shame.
To some it is war, to others a dear mother.
War loves blood.
A poorly organized ‘hair of the dog’ easily turns into a drinking bout.
If a son is cleverer than his father, there is joy: but if one brother is
cleverer than the other, there is jealousy.
Love your wife like your soul, shake her like a pear tree.
Blows from one dear to you don’t hurt for long.
I like him, so I hit him.
Love finds it’s beginning in the eyes.
The Mir is like a wave, one man’s thought is everybody’s thought.
(Mir is the name for the village council in Russia.)
The Mir’s conclusion is God’s decision.
Mir is a great man.
The voice of the Mir is the voice of God.
Things cannot get worse, so they are bound to get better.
The government pretends to pay us and we pretend to work.
Fools love red.
Scratch a Russian, you’ll find a Tartar.
To live life is not so simple as crossing a field.
Moscow is downhill from all the Russias.
Read for a century, study for a century, and you’ll die a fool
Tomorrow we may be stuck in the snow, so let’s make the most of all our
opportunities today.
If you love, then love without reason.
If you threaten, don’t threaten in play.
If you storm, than to full fury give way.
If you punish, let punishment tell.
If you feast, then be sure you feast well!
He takes bribes, but only in borzoi puppies.
Dollars are for saving, Roubles are for spending.
My country may be a smelly dung heap, but it’s my smelly dung heap.
Moscow is the third Rome, and there will be no fourth.
“We have no professional prostitutes, just talented amateurs.” Khrushchev
God loves the trinity. (Things that happen in 3)
It takes up a long time to saddle up, but once we’re up we go like stink.
Nothing is permitted, everything is possible.
You had better enjoy life while you can, poor devil; for you’ll end up bankrupt
or even murdered.
Eat breakfast alone, share lunch with a friend, give your supper to your
enemy.
Russian peasants will not cross themselves until the thunder booms.
The smoke of our Motherland is sweet and pleasant.
To each his own tobacco.
Life is a circus.
Patience and work will overcome everything.
Volga Boatman makes any Russian weep.
A career is good, but family happiness is better.
He beats me, so he must love me.
Laughter for no reason is a sign of foolishness.
Idiots don’t play chess.
A dog’s barking is carried everywhere by the wind.
A cold May brings a rich harvest.
A peasant will cross himself only when there is thunder.
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
If you don’t drink or smoke, you’ll die healthy.
Drinking tea is not like cutting wood.
Have a little tea and you will forget your anguish.
Smoking is a slow death, but I’m in no hurry.
Scars become a man.
Sun, fresh air, and water can head off any disease.
You can’t buy health at the pharmacy.
The past is not a bad witness.
There are only two types of vodka: good and very good.
Happy people pay no attention to the time.
All happy families resemble each other, but each unhappy family is unhappy in
it’s own way..
Beauty is a sister of talent.
A wife isn’t a jug, she won’t crack if you hit her.
When you take an eel by it’s tail or a woman by her word, there’s precious
little that stays in your hands.
A dog is wiser than a woman: he won’t bark at his master.
When the eagle is flying, he doesn’t need his mother to count his wing beats.
Everyone gets exactly what he deserves.
Love is cruel, you may fall in love with a goat.
It’s very far up to God: it is much farther up to the Tsar.
Even a cat likes a good word.
Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is.
A word is not a sparrow, once it’s out you can’t catch it.
In Siberia 40 degrees below is not a frost, 100 kilometers is not a distance,
½ hour of vodka is not a drink, and 40 years is not a woman.
Work loves fools.
Bread is at the head of everything.
The devil is not as terrible as he’s painted.
The Tsar will not help us, so there is no Tsar.
Moscow is the heart of Russia, St. Petersburg its head, but Kiev, its mother.
The beauty of a debt is in it’s payment.
When you call yourself a mushroom, be ready to go into the mushroom bag.
Problems come like snow on one’s head.
One beaten man is worth two unbeaten ones.
Moscow does'nt believe in tears.
Moscow was not erected overnight.
Even a hut is heaven when you’re with your beloved.
True love never rusts.
No matter how much you love, look carefully.
Work is not a wolf, it won’t flee to the forest.
If you like to go sledding, you had better carry the sled.
It’s boring to sit idle all the day through.
Patience and work will overcome anything.
You can’t spoil kasha with butter.
Maybe rain, maybe snow: maybe yes, maybe no.
It’s like fish hitting ice.
Nature is waiting, waiting for winter.
You should prepare your carts in December and your sledges in July.
It’s not a sin to laugh at everything that seems funny.
He who laughs without consequences, laughs best.
Laugh through your tears.
Never believe anyone on April 1.
Humor is when you want to laugh terribly, satire is when you want to laugh but
it is too terrible.
Laughter scares even those who fear nothing.
It’s March outside, so put on a pair of trousers.
War does not heal, it scars.
Let us be worthy of the Russian land, for the fallen ones know no shame.
To some it is war, to others a dear mother.
War loves blood.
A poorly organized ‘hair of the dog’ easily turns into a drinking bout.
If a son is cleverer than his father, there is joy: but if one brother is
cleverer than the other, there is jealousy.
Love your wife like your soul, shake her like a pear tree.
Blows from one dear to you don’t hurt for long.
I like him, so I hit him.
Love finds it’s beginning in the eyes.
The Mir is like a wave, one man’s thought is everybody’s thought.
(Mir is the name for the village council in Russia.)
The Mir’s conclusion is God’s decision.
Mir is a great man.
The voice of the Mir is the voice of God.
Things cannot get worse, so they are bound to get better.
The government pretends to pay us and we pretend to work.
Fools love red.
Scratch a Russian, you’ll find a Tartar.
To live life is not so simple as crossing a field.
Moscow is downhill from all the Russias.
Read for a century, study for a century, and you’ll die a fool
Tomorrow we may be stuck in the snow, so let’s make the most of all our
opportunities today.
If you love, then love without reason.
If you threaten, don’t threaten in play.
If you storm, than to full fury give way.
If you punish, let punishment tell.
If you feast, then be sure you feast well!
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