Long ago, when there was no instagram, and even the ancient "classmates", people were already exchanged by the memories and statuses, the truths and sayings called them.
Since then, much has changed, for example, in modern proverbs contains much less instructive wisdom. Well, the accents shifted, of course. After all, earlier house and household items occupied more space in human life than now. Let's remember the most popular sayings about everything concerns the house and furniture.
House
"A man without his house is worse than the animal, because even the beast has its own Nora," the Yakuts are talking about life;
"In every hut - your rattles," the individual features of each individual social group reimbracted their grandparents;
"Things are always like their owner," said the Japanese reflection of a human nature in the device of his home.
Table
One of the most important items, and is hardly the first furniture that they try to buy, drawing up in a new, yet an empty house. In all cultures, with the exception, except for the eastern peoples, who, instead, carpets da s mat, it is the table that is symbolizing well-being, wealth, reliability, comfort and strong family. Of course, in proverbs, this subject of furniture was paid to great attention, and not only in Russia, but around the world.
"House without a table, the same thing is that the house is without a wife," the loving Spaniards say dusty;
"Without bread, the table is always a curve," - according to the Serbs agree;
"Whom the table is planted, and whom they chase because of the table," - these are Russians rightly noticed;
"And he drove at the table, and under the table I was", "also our, domestic folklore, about multiple individuals. Or, here: "When walking under the table, I went," well, it is also familiar to all of us.
Chest
We have repeatedly wrote about this legendary ancestor of the cabinet, beds, a suitcase and God knows what else. Since the chest - the thing is not cheap, then by being its relevant object of furniture, which fell there did not fold, but only the most expensive, important, intimate, dowry, for example, festive clothing or savings.
Hence the proverb: "He loves to look into someone else's chest," so in Ukraine, they characterized the unceremonious and arrogant character who loves to climb into other people's affairs without an invitation, which deserves universal disapproval and distrust.
"What to look for others, break in your chest," recommends the Mongolian saying to those who are closely following others, not noticing their own flaws.
"Mooked in the chest of Gnilushki, and he says that the sandalwood is," this is already the Vietnamese about lovers to learn and take it.
"In the chest and from death do not hide, and you will not save happiness in the chest," the Arabs on the vicissitudes and the inevitability of fate.
Shop
Another cult object, which is folded a lot of sayings. But, unlike the table, the shop symbolizes, rather, poverty that, in general, it is clear - in total there should be opposite in the world, even the table. This feature is well traced in proverbs:"The bench's shop, and the goal of the goal," our ancestors with you about what it seems, and that is in fact;
"Seven by the benchmarks", - about poor, but a large family;
"In the rich, the dubbaya shop, the best - Bereshina," Finns sentenced in ancient times;
"Steerham and a wooden shop soft," says Greek proverb.
Our days
Although we have ceased to be fashionable to invent proverbs and sayings, but something and we brought to the piggy bank of folk wisdom:
"Store skeletons in the closet," - that no one without sin, only skillfully hides their secrets from outsiders;
"In the morning money - in the evening of chairs," the label quote from the book "Ilf and Petrov, who has long turned into a real proverb.
Perhaps you remember something from modern folk creativity and replenish our piggy bank of proverbs and sayings about furniture?
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