The farther you go, the further you go. “The further into the forest, the more firewood”

As Sherlock Holmes said, from a drop of water, a thinking and thinking person can logically draw conclusions about the existence of the Black Sea or Niagara Falls, even if he has never seen either one in his life. The point is that any action has results in the future; if there is a cause, then there is a consequence.

This is the meaning of the proverb “they cut down the forest and the chips fly.” True, its meaning shows that the consequence is not always positive.

What do flying chips mean?

Imagine that a forest is being felled. Trees fall one after another, and in the process dust rises and chips of damaged wood fly in all directions. It’s good if they don’t hit anyone, but such a sliver can injure and blind. When they say “they cut down the forest, the chips fly,” the meaning is this: in order to achieve a good and desired result, you may have to suffer a little damage from the chips. But it is not comparable to the more global and colossal goal - the resulting wood. In the Ukrainian language there is a proverb with a similar meaning. It sounds like this: “where there is flour, there is also dust,” which can be translated as “where there is flour, there is always dust.”

Another meaning of this proverb, more economic, is that flying chips are small but obligatory production costs.

There would be no happiness, but misfortune would help

The meaning of the proverbs “they cut down the forest - the chips fly” and “if there was no happiness, but misfortune helped” are opposite in meaning, although they are often confused. So, in the first case, it means that on the way to achieving a good, and most importantly, desired result, you may have to endure negative consequences. In the second case, it means that sometimes trouble can lead to good, unpredictable and unexpected consequences. Sometimes people get confused about the meaning of these two sayings and use them incorrectly.

Another meaning of the proverb “when the forest is cut down, the chips fly”

There is an interesting suggestion that this proverb refers to larger concepts, such as entire nations. How to understand “the forest is cut down and the chips fly” in this case? Thus, a forest can be associated with a people or nation in the process of change (felling a forest). Sometimes these changes are quite positive and bring something good, but any changes will cause innocent victims. In this case, chips are understood as human broken destinies.

Synonymous saying about causation

The meaning of the proverbs “if they cut down a forest, the chips fly” and “if you don’t break eggs, you can’t fry eggs” are close in meaning. In both cases, it is implied that on the path to a big and good goal one cannot do without concessions and possible inconveniences. But if in a conversation about cutting down a forest, wood chips are an optional and not very significant factor, then in the case of scrambled eggs it is meant that sacrifices for the good (broken eggs) cannot be avoided.

Many people mistakenly consider the meaning of the proverbs “they cut down the forest - the chips fly” and “the further into the forest - the more firewood” is the same, because in both the first and second cases we are talking about the forest and trees. But it is not so. The second proverb implies that any business in the process of execution can bring more and more surprises, and the further it goes, the more troubles you can encounter.

To summarize

The Russian language is rich not only in words, but also in phraseological units, popular expressions, sayings and proverbs. Using them, you enrich your speech, make it even more colorful and rich, and also show your intellectual level with dignity. At the same time, it is important to use the right phrases to the point, otherwise you will goof off instead of showing off your intelligence. Now, knowing the correct meaning of the proverbs “if they cut down a forest, the chips fly,” “without breaking eggs, you can’t fry an egg,” “the further into the forest, the more firewood,” you can use them appropriately.

The figurative meaning of the proverb further into the forest - more firewood

Andrey Martin

The figurative meaning has nothing to do with the FOREST... You can give a synonymous chain FOREST - WILD - PROBLEMS (OBJECTIVES). FIREWOOD - SOLVING A PROBLEM That is, the meaning becomes this: the more you solve problems, study any issue, the more new problems appear that require new solutions... I like Murphy’s Law on this topic “Solving one task (problem) entails the emergence of many other unsolved problems (problems)”... I am a programmer, so this law or saying can be applied to me approximately in the sense of “Identifying one error in program entails an increase in the number of undetected errors :-)" this saying can be applied everywhere

What does it mean - the further into the forest, the more firewood?)))

Landscape

The further you get into problems, the larger and larger they become
The further you delve into the situation, the more unexpected moments arise. I reason based on the fact that there is an expression “to make a mess”, which is probably older than this saying.

Sergey Kropachev

and as the saying goes, when you enter the forest, it’s not difficult to walk, but the further you go, the more difficult it is, the thickets. But in life, when you stir up some kind of business, at first it seems like nothing, but then it turns out that there are a lot of problems, and the further you go, the more.

Natalia Kondratskaya

It’s about the same as “if you don’t know the ford, don’t get into the water” or “the less you know, you’ll sleep better and live longer.” This is when you take on something, and then you regret that you took it on, because you didn’t calculate the strengths and pitfalls (especially if tried to help someone and failed, but caused harm).

Where does the proverb come from - the further into the forest the more firewood there is?

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The further into the forest, the more firewood.
THE FURTHER INTO THE FOREST, THE BIGGER THE DROVES. The more you delve into some... business, you delve into problems, the more surprises or difficulties arise that are not easy to overcome. The proverb is actually Russian, recorded from the 17th-18th centuries. : Farther into the forest, more firewood; The further into the forest there is more firewood. In the Polish language, apparently, there is a Russianism: Im dale/ wlas, tym wiecejdrzew. ffl My wife is hysterical. The daughter declares that she is unable to live with such violent parents and gets dressed to leave home. The further into the forest, the more firewood. It ends with the important guest finding a doctor on stage applying lead lotions to her husband’s head. (A. Chekhov. Vaudeville). Will there be an end, will the time come when with a light heart you can say to yourself that you have done everything you wanted, achieved what you wanted? Hardly. The further into the forest, the more firewood. (V. Tendryakov. Behind the running day). * The apotheosis of this “process” was the withdrawal from the general Union of Writers of Bondarev’s SP of the RSFSR; then followed the convening of an emergency congress of the same Bondarev wing of the RSFSR SP. His opponents, their meetings and plenums Vl. Gusev dubbed it the “Parade of Informers.” Ee-zh! If your shoulder gets itchy, swing your arm... Further into the forest there is more firewood: Bondarev’s secretariat is decisively closing the Union of Writers of the USSR, since it “ceased to exist.”, . Simple and clear. (B. Mozhaev. Passion-faces. Literary newspaper. 09.25.91). After this [accrual], the salary leaves the region to your hometown. The further into the forest, the slower the money “makes its way”. (Arguments and Facts, No. 45. 1996). Wed. : Further into the sea - more grief; Further into the argument - more words.

How to write a fairy tale based on the proverb “The further into the forest, the more firewood”?

How to write a fairy tale based on the proverb “The further into the forest, the more firewood” for 2nd grade?

Galina Vasilna

There lived in the same village a woman and her two sons. The children were not big, but they could already help at home. One day my mother left for work, and before leaving she asked her sons to go to the forest and bring some brushwood:

My dear sons, don’t go too far into the forest, don’t take too much brushwood. So that you yourself don’t get too tired and don’t strain your arms.

Mom left, and the sons dressed warmly, took a sled and rope and went into the forest. They came in from the edge, looked around, and it seemed to them that there wasn’t enough brushwood here. We went further into the forest. It’s true, the further into the forest they went, the more firewood they found. Apparently others cut down from the edge, but not everyone went into the thicket. The guys chopped wood and loaded it onto the sled. We tried, we wanted to please my mother and prepare more firewood. Only when we set off on the return journey did the heavily loaded sleigh either fall into the snow, then cling to the bushes, or fall on its side.

It’s hard to drag, the guys are tired, and it’s still very far from home. After all, they went to the forest light, and back with a loaded sled.

The guys see that it’s already getting dark, but they can’t get out of the forest. Then they removed half the wood from the sled, tied it up again and hurried home. They walk along the road and think: after all, mother told them not to go too far. After all, even along the edge of the forest it was possible to collect the firewood that would fit on their sleds. You don't always have to go far for something you can't carry.

Strange headlines have been appearing in Nasha Niva lately.

I can’t believe my eyes!

After all, “Nasha Niva” is not ours for a long time. But to wrap something like this up is mind-boggling!

However, if you take into account who calls the tune, and add to it the events of recent months, everything becomes clear.

The West has finally changed its tactics. He no longer needed the destroyers of the last Soviet-era outpost. Their mission is over.

Due to the inertia of the working strata of the population, the electoral resource of the new plan, of course, remained the same. These are the intelligentsia, students and high school students.

The opposition has also invented the main culprit for “our troubles and our evils” - Putin’s Russia. Being under sanctions, you can hang all the dogs on her, starting with Ivan the Terrible. Will endure.

Now - at the instigation of Dubovets - they have added to her company, oddly enough, an ardent Russophobe of perestroika and post-Soviet times - Zenon Poznyak.

What is new in the approaches of the West and its henchmen to dismantling peace in our society?

The new task now is to enslave the same intelligentsia and youth on the sly. But without cultivating radical nationalist sentiments, but by creating intellectual platforms where fraternization with Russian liberals would become the norm.

After all, the Ciceros have disappeared from our country, and Navalny and others are visible in Russia.

I think that for this reason the opposition was gradually converted to Russian-speaking.

It is this goal that explains the strange appearance and circulation of quotes from the newly minted literary diva Svetlana Alexievich, who spoke quite definitely:

“It was impossible to do what I did in the Belarusian language.”

And finally, period. Finally, the main thing is the emergence of a passionate desire among the puppeteers to create here, on the basis of the portal TUT.by, which has radically changed its rhetoric, an intellectual platform for those who like to scratch their tongues with the involvement of the promoted liberalism of foreign countries (read - Russian renegades).

They are, like no one else, close to us in mentality.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Shenderovich or the taciturn Savik Shuster show up as hosts of these gatherings.

After all, he never said anything unpleasant about Lukashenko. Others spoke, and he, without visible emotions on his face, listened and did not assent.

But let's return to Poznyak.

I will honestly say that I, like many, understand this very bright propagandist, who managed to become the central figure of the Belarusian Popular Front in the late 80s, and then with little effort to saddle the Belarusian parliament and solve the priority tasks of gaining independence for the country.

The main thing: he is an ideological opponent of everything Soviet, but not a traitor. He does not count “Judas’ pieces of silver” in his pocket, but sticks to his line because he believes, because he is convinced that he is right and defends his point of view.

The West did not like Poznyak’s straightforwardness and independence of judgment, and he was pushed to the margins of Russophobic politics.

He is not their man. They don't need people with their own opinions. They need performers.

So what does the revolutionary Sergei Dubovets, widely known in narrow circles, accuse Poznyak of on the pages of “Nasha Niva” and “Svoboda”?

Neither more nor less - in the most important thing: “The history of Muggles would have been different, if the Popular Front of the 90s would have been different.”.

Him, you see, then "nathnyauv pryklad" Popular Front of microscopic and quiet Estonia.

It was there, and not in Lithuania and Latvia with a huge number of Russians living, in his opinion, that the most successful pies were baked.

Maybe it was so, since in Estonia people did not die in clashes with special forces, and there was no particular need to torment the Russians. But Dubovets’ claim that he allegedly mastered the situation in the post-Soviet space at that time and could determine priorities is very doubtful.

To Dubovets, who was then in euphoria, “It seemed that Belarus, for most of its history, was stale and as non-Belarusian as the BSSR”.

But in Belarus, at first, she came to the throne "the highest dzyarzhauna asoba"- Shushkevich. In parliament, either Poznyak and his comrades, or Lukashenko were raging.

What line Dubovets followed then is not very clear, because he was not in the public eye and only emerged now - with discussions about Poznyak’s mistakes.

Further, he asks why everything didn’t go the way it did in Estonia, why we are not where Estonia is, and not like Estonia with its higher standard of living than in the post-Soviet space.

Let's not argue with Dubovets. He either does not understand, or deliberately does not want to understand, the difference in mentalities, the incomparability of production capacities and the scale of production relationships that characterize the economies of our countries.

He does not think about current information about how many people left for the West from the Baltic republics in comparison with Belarus.

He is not interested in the state of the real sector of the economy and what are the prospects for economic development of Estonia, etc.

For him, Estonia is paradise, because “Didn’t people hate the good and bad Estonians there? And where did the Popular Front become known to the democrats? And why did they set a course for independence - NATO - Europe?

The question is, was it different for us in the early 90s?

Was our BPF headed by the Partygenosse? Didn’t US President Clinton come to us and give us a bench in Kurapaty?

After all, can a sane politician really believe that the path to "independence" lies through NATO membership?

In his rantings, Dubovets, of course, could not ignore "Mounaga torture."

80 percent of communists, Soviet generals, even Yankovsky from the Russian Theater voted for his language, but it was his fault that not everyone spoke on it "theatricalized radicalism" - “He is an intellect who developed that tiny hellishness of Belarus, which was taken away during the war. The parallel with Estonia was wrong.”

It’s hard to even call it stupidity. After all, the impulse of Belarusians for change at that time was not due to an insatiable thirst to use the Belarusian language, but to the distrust of the authorities sown among the people, Chernobyl fears and the infantilism of those who stood at the helm of the young republic.

Further, Dubovets claims that the split into the svyadomy and the unsvyadomy did not occur immediately after the formation of the Belarusian Popular Front, but after the election of the Supreme Council of the 12th convocation. And the reason for this is Poznyak.

He's writing: “At the same time, the “elite” disappeared - the menavita pavodle gatay prikmety - svyadomyh, gata zanyts, molded for others, maceros, lich that “Estonians”, who rose above the old Belarusians.”

We've arrived.

After all, everyone remembers that this so-called “elite” began to emerge when it ran from one room to another under the name "Talaka."

She, the “elite,” gained breath when the sons of party workers realized that in the changed conditions the chance to rise to the level of power of their fathers presented itself only on the wave of national radicalism, and not obedience.

After all, even then life posed the question bluntly: either - or. Maneuvering was not welcomed, since everyone was tired of it during perestroika times.

Further, Dubovets confirms the inertia of his own thinking:

“I saved 25 years, and maybe even more, as long as we know that Belarusians are different, because all the trees and oak trees are different.”

It turns out that the situation now is not the same as before. There was a click: harmony reigned in society and "pamyarkoўnasts". (“Facebook” doesn’t count).

But this appearance of reconciliation is not without reason. This is a run-up to kick Poznyak and his entourage again:

“And what do you say - how are the people pagodzitsa na getki padzel, that we are Belarusians, but are there more Belarusian Belarusians? It is clear that “great Belarusians” will have abstract meetings on their side.”

Lukashenko is left too. It turns out he “I took the language out of the city” because she “became an admonisher of my family”, and Belarusians are suckers “I felt satisfied with the hell of it, to show the “big Belarusians” Kuzkin’s mother.

The schools themselves are rightly de-Belarusized.”

Well, just like Emelyushka: “The sleigh rides, it rides on its own, it rides on its own without a horse.”

And this nationwide revolt, born of the radicalization of the Svyadomy, led to the fall of the Belarusian Popular Front as a powerful mass movement and contributed to “We are installing an authoritative madele of ўlady, because the “unstable” people are autamatychna subjects of the palace, and the “elite” is a stratsila subject, closed on itself.”

Dubovets never clarified what the subjectivity of the people in politics means and who prevented the “elite” from losing it, each time remembering his beloved Estonia.

In rare moments of enlightenment, he speaks the absolute truth:

“...every Estonian will tell you who Lukashenka is, but only the hellish people of Belarus can guess who the President of Estonia is.”

And then he gets nostalgic:

“... some people think so myself - all of us, at the heart of all Belarusians, are hidden from all Belarusians, we cry out to them and to ourselves, to the whole people.”

Let us take a moment and imagine what the result would have been if Lenin and his entourage had "maryli" or “clicked to yourself” in 1917?

The Bolsheviks were not infantile intellectuals. They were armed with modern theory, strategy and tactics of thoughtful action. They persistently, competently and purposefully carried out daily work among workers and soldiers and were successful.

Revolutions in the minds of people are not made through incantations and humiliation of the current government alone. And the aggravation of national issues in multinational republics is always fraught with carnage. You don't have to look far for examples.

Thank God, Zenon Poznyak and the revolutionaries of the first wave, willy-nilly, were brought up in a decent society. At that time they were not itching to unleash fratricidal conflicts on very unstable national and linguistic grounds.

There was controversy, ballpoint pens were broken, but not spears.

And here Dubovets is openly disingenuous, declaring that “atrad musіў bazavazza na demakratychnyh padstav. Not at all on the canned and radical ones, which instead of the agricultural sector were used, on the contrary, by the loud elite and the desperate cleanliness. What's wrong and you're sick."

After all, we remember very well: the entire opposition was not at all engaged in a detailed elaboration of the strategy for returning the country’s economy to a stable position, but instead struck in search of the future in the past on the basis of nationalist sentiments alien to people.

Surely the same Dubovets tore his shirt by "The language and the weakened hell of Balshevism" instead of agitation for national consensus and the translation of public debate into the mainstream of economic problems and ways to solve them.

It served as an excuse for our national humanitarians, who knew nothing about economics. “Road to Europe.” It was as if they were impatiently waiting for us there and there was no life for them without us.

At the end of his story, Dubovets sincerely admits his thoughtlessness:

“In this case, if we understand this, the scale of the bastards and the apostolic exit of the “families of Belarus” has been eliminated - other countries have different countries, different languages.”

However, even today his reasoning has not received at least any replenishment with new ideas and does not go beyond “mounaga torture.”

He states that "znіkla self-proclaimed“elite of the great Belarusian Belarusians”, svyadomyh,” but, like a woodpecker, he remains faithful to the previous standard, with which he pins timid hopes: “...how can we understand ourselves with the Estonians, and why is this magical misery irrevocable?”

And Dubovets’s confession without admitting his own mistakes naturally caused a resonance in the opposition community.

It should be noted that many of the arguments of the discussion participants seem quite reasonable.

For example, someone under the nickname “Sviadomy”, talking about Poznyak, states:

“Nya could in 1994 Metsko Yong Yong Padtrymyku at gramadism ... I would have a bang Gamsakhurdya from Gruziy ... Khatsya, he would be healthy, Sfafarmavatz udolnaya Vertykal I Garyzantal, in Adroznnin, Hell Shushkevich.”

“...the size of the active Ruhaitsa has grown “everything, on the right is broken, the pallet system has been published - it is necessary to think about it”, the green ones have abandoned the work of the business, the family - right from the broad faction parliamentarians' pockets (there were only members of the Belarusian Popular Front) , they began to explore their own interests: who is the keeper, who is the landowner in the adpachynku zone, who gave their creations away for the Dzyarzhainy Kosht, who is in Lithuania, who lives in the old Belarus "Kay steel."

“Mae Ratsyu” and someone “Benedzikt”:

“Suchu for obmerkavannem and vyshavany zauzhazhyts - not abmyarkovaetstsa extremely important problem (it seems that menavіta yana “motivated” Dubaevts (and not only Iago) on the written word of the article).

Prychyna ў offensive - agulnavido, that the scandal with the adventure - facts ab uncollected, falsified signatures "Govpravda" and how other "lidars" plow all these dzeyachov in your mind grooves.

It is true that Z. Paznyak ab dzeynastsi pseudapazitsynykh struktury".

What can I say? Everything is correct. The way it is.

We must pay tribute to Poznyak. Despite all his recent miscalculations, he is the only significant figure who does not compromise on principles and does not wag his tail in front of those who call the tune.

If his nervous system had not resonated with the Ukrainian events, which in no way correspond to his own ideas about good and evil, he could have become not an out-of-town leader of alternative thinking, but a real Belarusian politician who has no need to fight the windmills of communism - they have already in past.

In conclusion, I wanted to write something smart, but one expression from Dubovets brought a smile and put me off the desire to pound water in a mortar:

“...all the trees in the oak tree are rosy, only the pine needles are hellishly timid. And the very sign is like this - an oak, oaks for other oaks - not the same as in nature.”

It seems that Dubovets told the truth. But, as you know, in every process there are exceptions.

Today “Oakest for other oaks” still there.

“It doesn't get any easier hour by hour“

“Hour by hour” - with every passing hour.
Meaning: with each new news, message it becomes more alarming, worse. It is said with annoyance at the news of a new, not the first, trouble or new difficulties.
Example from the literature:
- How could he get to the front? - He ran away to join your squad... - It’s not getting any easier hour by hour,” Bykov was indignant (V. Sayanov, “Heaven and Earth”).

“The richer you are, the happier you are“

They say when they ask to treat with leniency what they have and what they cordially share with others.
Examples from the literature:
1) Colonel Manukyants reached for the basket hanging on a hook near the window and began to take out provisions from there. Sausage, cheese, fried chicken, eggs, pickles appeared on the table... - Command the parade, comrades women! - said the colonel. - The richer you are, the happier you are (V. Giller, “The Quiet Tyrant”);
2) They began to invite people to visit them.. - You are welcome, Comrade Commissar: the rich you are, the happier you are (A. Neverov, “What came of it”).

“Whatever the child enjoys, as long as he doesn’t cry“

“To amuse” - to have fun, to have fun.
The meaning: let him do what he wants, if he likes it and at the same time does not bother anyone, does not distract anyone or irritate anyone. It is said when one is condescending towards someone’s unworthy and useless activities, frivolous behavior and actions.
Examples from the literature:
1) The Lukovs did not restrict the old man in anything and gave him complete freedom. They apparently believed that no matter what the child amused himself with, as long as he did not cry (V. Kurochkin, “The Last Spring”);
2) - What are you writing all the time there? - asked Tatyana Markovna, - is it a drama or is it all a novel, or what? - I don’t know, grandma, I write life - life comes out. I don’t know what will happen finally. “Whatever the child enjoys, just don’t cry,” she remarked, and with this proverb she almost correctly defined the meaning of Paradise’s writing (I. Goncharov, “The Cliff”);
3) The girl was a little over a year old when her parents began to leave her alone with a piece of paper. At first glance, it’s an ordinary everyday reason: no matter what a child enjoys, as long as it doesn’t cry (Smena Magazine, June 1, 1978).

They say when they see that the further events develop, the more difficulties, surprises, complications arise, from which it is not easy to find a way out.
Examples from the literature:
1) I saw that it was much easier for them to lie than to speak truthfully and express themselves accurately about the most ordinary things. But - the further into the forest, the more firewood. Every day the talent of lying began to be shown not only in relation to children, but on an incomparably larger, grandiose scale (G. Uspensky, “Three Letters”);
2) My wife and I are hysterical. The daughter declares that she is unable to live with such violent parents and gets dressed to leave home. The further into the forest, the more firewood. It ends with an important guest finding a doctor on stage applying lead lotions to her husband’s head (A. Chekhov, “Vaudeville”);
3) - As in every case, Misha: the further into the forest, the more firewood. Nesterov laughed at the successful comparison.. - At our excavations they said almost the same thing: the deeper into the ground, the more earth (G. Markov, “Testament”).

1. The word is not a sparrow; if it flies out, you won’t catch it.
2. Even a tuft of wool from a black sheep
3. A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar
4. Every cloud has a silver lining
5. Grind, there will be flour

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Since ancient times, people have learned to notice certain relationships between various phenomena and analyze them. And although they did not mean much then, they found their expression in various proverbs, sayings and sayings.

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What is the role of folk wisdom in people's lives

Wise thoughts and advice for all occasions, which are contained in proverbs, accompany us throughout our lives. And despite the fact that some proverbs are hundreds of years old, they will always be relevant, because the basic laws of life will never change. There are a lot of wise sayings, for example: “The further into the forest, the more firewood”, “It looks smooth, but is not sweet in the tooth”, “Praise is ruin for a good man”, “If you wait, you will see, if you wait, you will hear”, etc. All of them briefly and clearly characterize certain actions, relationships, phenomena, and give important life advice.

“The further into the forest, the more firewood.” Meaning of the proverb

Even in ancient times, without even knowing how to count, people noticed certain patterns. The more game they get while hunting, the longer the tribe will not suffer from hunger, the brighter and longer the fire burns, the hotter it will be in the cave, etc. The further into the forest, the more firewood - this is also a fact. At the edge of the forest, as a rule, everything has already been collected, but in the deep thicket, where no human has ever set foot, there is apparently no firewood. However, this saying has a much deeper meaning. Forest and firewood do not need to be taken literally; people simply expressed certain patterns that occur in our lives through the interconnection of these concepts.

In the proverb “the further into the forest, the more firewood,” the meaning is this: the deeper you delve into any business or undertaking, the more “pitfalls” come to the surface. This expression can be applied to many concepts and situations. For example, the deeper you begin to study a question, the more details you learn about it. Or the longer you communicate with a person, the better you understand the characteristics of his character.

In what situations is the proverb “The further into the forest, the more firewood” most often used?

Despite the fact that the meaning of the proverb allows it to be used in many situations, it is most often used when we are talking about the occurrence of unforeseen difficulties and complications in any undertaking. It’s not for nothing that the proverb refers specifically to firewood. Everyone knows that the expression “to mess things up” means “to make a mistake by acting rashly,” that is, it is interpreted in a disapproving way.

This proverb can be applied not only in relation to a specific task that has been started. “The further into the forest, the more firewood” - this can be said in relation to a person who, for example, constantly deceives others, and lies draw him into a vicious circle, giving rise to more and more new lies. Or, for example, someone wants to climb the career ladder and is ready to do anything for this. If in order to achieve his goal he plays a dishonest game, then the higher he climbs the “steps”, the more unseemly acts he has to commit.

Conclusion

Folk wisdom, embedded in proverbs and sayings, briefly and succinctly characterizes all aspects of life - relationships between people, attitudes towards nature, human weaknesses and other aspects. All the proverbs and wise sayings are a real treasure that people have been collecting bit by bit for centuries and passing on to future generations. By proverbs and sayings one can judge the values that are inherent in different cultures. It is precisely such statements that contain a vision of the world as a whole and in various private life situations. It is difficult to overestimate the importance and role of proverbs and sayings in the life of society. They are the spiritual heritage of our ancestors, which we are obliged to honor and protect.

What is the role of folk wisdom in people's lives

Wise thoughts and advice for all occasions, which are contained in proverbs, accompany us throughout our lives. And despite the fact that some proverbs are hundreds of years old, they will always be relevant, because the basic laws of life will never change. There are a lot of wise sayings, for example: “The further you go into the forest, the more firewood”, “It looks smooth, but it’s not sweet in the tooth”, “Praise is ruin for a good man”, “Wait and you’ll see, wait and you’ll hear”, etc. All of them briefly and clearly characterize certain actions, relationships, phenomena, and give important life advice.

“The further into the forest, the more firewood.” Meaning of the proverb

However, this saying has a much deeper meaning. Forest and firewood do not need to be taken literally; people simply expressed certain patterns that occur in our lives through the interconnection of these concepts.

In what situations is the proverb “The further into the forest, the more firewood” most often used?

Conclusion

Embedded in proverbs and sayings, it briefly and succinctly characterizes all aspects of life - relationships between people, attitudes towards nature, human weaknesses and other aspects. All proverbs and wise sayings are a real treasure that people have been collecting bit by bit for centuries and passing on to future generations. By proverbs and sayings one can judge the values that are inherent in different cultures. It is precisely such statements that contain a vision of the world as a whole and in various private life situations. It is difficult to overestimate the importance and role of proverbs and sayings in the life of society. They are the spiritual heritage of our ancestors, which we are obliged to honor and protect.

The traditional role of the family of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), small RNA molecules that do not code for proteins, is considered to be the repression of gene activity and, in particular, protein synthesis. However, a new study has shown (for the umpteenth time!) that the functions of one of the groups of these molecules - microRNAs - are much broader: in certain cases they can stimulate translation rather than block it.

In the last ten to fifteen years, the basic dogma of molecular biology (“DNA → RNA → protein”) has been significantly weakened and expanded due to the fact that a great many molecular mechanisms have been discovered that stand out from this harmonious concept. The discoveries associated with short, non-protein-coding RNA molecules were revolutionary: this included the famous phenomenon of RNA interference (noted by the Nobel Prize shortly after its discovery) and other mechanisms of RNA-dependent gene repression. One of the varieties of short RNAs - microRNAs (miRNAs; miRNA) is actively involved in the processes of individual development of the body, including temporal control, death, cell proliferation and differentiation, and embryonic organ formation. They fine-tune gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, thereby adding another layer of complexity to the sophisticated mechanism of intracellular regulation. Originally discovered in a "laboratory" nematode C. elegans, miRNAs were then discovered in many plants and animals, and more recently in single-celled organisms.

Previously, it was believed that short RNAs are used by cells in the process of RNA interference for the specific degradation of unnecessary or harmful RNAs - in particular, this is how a cell can destroy foreign genetic material of viruses, related retrotransposons and other mobile elements, as well as RNA formed as a result of transcription genomic repeat sequences. Therefore, it was logical to assume that short RNAs serve as a kind of prototype of the “immune system” inside the cell. As our understanding of the participants and mechanisms of RNA-dependent gene repression developed, more and more interesting features were discovered, and a rich variety of ways of implementing this repression existing in nature was revealed.

The mechanism of action of most miRNAs is in many ways similar to RNA interference - a short (21–25 bases) single-stranded RNA as part of a protein complex (the key component of which is a protein of the Argonaute) bind with high specificity to the complementary region in the 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR) of the target mRNA. In plants whose miRNAs are completely complementary to a segment of the target mRNA, binding leads to cleavage of the mRNA by the protein Argonaute right in the middle of the miRNA–mRNA duplex - a situation closest to “classical” RNA interference. In animals, miRNAs are not completely complementary to their target, and the result of binding is different. For a long time it was believed that binding leads to translational suppression (the mechanism of which still remains a mystery) and does not cause any noticeable degradation of the target mRNA. However, it was later convincingly demonstrated that for most miRNAs this is not the case - proteins forming a complex with miRNAs stimulate the degradation of target mRNA, attracting enzymes that remove the cap at the 5′ end and shorten the poly(A) tail at the 3′ end. end of the mRNA. (This is where the degradation of mRNAs that have served their purpose usually begins.) Surprisingly, it is still not entirely clear whether the suppression of translation is a cause or a consequence of the onset of mRNA degradation.

Meanwhile, life once again demonstrates its reluctance to fit into any clear-cut schemes: in the laboratory of Joan Steitz ( Joan Steitz) it was found that siRNAs can effectively suppress translation by binding not only to the 3′ untranslated region of mRNA, but also to the 5′ UTR. And recently in the magazine Science another article from this successful laboratory appeared. It says that under certain conditions (reminiscent of cells going into “hibernation” when they are cultivated in the absence of serum in a nutrient medium), the interaction of miRNA and target mRNA leads to a strictly opposite effect - enhancing synthesis target protein. This was shown for the mRNA of one of the cytokines, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and the miRNA miR369-3, and then confirmed for the let7-a and miRcxcr4 miRNAs paired with artificially constructed mRNA targets.

Figure 1. In an actively dividing cell, miRNA binds to a complementary sequence in the 3′ untranslated region of mRNA and inhibits protein synthesis (translation).

However, in a resting cell, the same event leads to exactly the opposite effect. Interestingly, the effect of the same miRNA depended on the state of the cells: in dividing cells, miRNA suppressed mRNA translation, and in quiescent cells (temporarily left the cell cycle), on the contrary, it stimulated (Fig. 1). It is also interesting that miRNAs acted as part of a complex containing proteins Argonaute 2 And FXR1 Argonaute, and all of them deal with miRNA to one degree or another). It is these proteins that play the main role in the mechanism of the observed phenomenon, while miRNAs perform the function of a “replaceable adapter” through which proteins interact with various mRNA targets.

The question of the mechanism of action, as well as the avalanche of other, more specific questions raised by this publication, remain unanswered. But I remember the time when the phenomenon of RNA interference was just discovered - how clear everything was to us then and how logical it seemed!.. But now we can only shrug our shoulders - the further into the forest, the more firewood.

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