It happens that over time something is forgotten, and only a part of the whole is retained in memory.
A striking example with proverbs. It so happened that many of the most popular of them have survived to this day in a truncated form, so they are used incorrectly.
The Zen channel “Protect Speech” tells us which proverbs have a continuation that changes their meaning, with reference to the dictionary of V. I. Dahl.
Mouth full of worries
This excerpt from a Russian proverb is said by housewives and responsible workers when they have no time to raise their heads due to work.
However, the full version is: “a mouth full of worries, but nothing to eat.”
The meaning of it is that a person always has a lot of worries, but the essence is always the same and therefore there is no sense in these worries.
The morning is wiser than the evening
Men need to be especially careful when saying these words and putting off making a decision until the morning.
The thing is that the full version sounds like this: “The morning is wiser than the evening, and the wife is braver than her husband.”
What else can you say, if you consult with your wives, men have been told to do so since time immemorial.
Miracles in a sieve
Usually this is how they comment on something incredible, inexplicable, unusual. But listen to the rest.
The full version was recorded by the author of a famous dictionary: “miracles in a sieve: there are many holes, but nowhere to get out.”
It is clear that we are talking about a hopeless situation.
