Proverbs and sayings with the number 1
A mountain of a thousand miles begins with one grain of sand. You can't build a house from one tree. You can't make porridge from just a grain of wheat. Better to see once than hear a hundred times. In one place the stone is overgrown with moss. One for all and all for one. One madman threw a stone into a well, but a hundred wise men were unable to retrieve it. One beaten one is worth two unbeaten ones. Break one pancake in half. One is in the harrow, and everyone is to the side. One is in sin, and everyone is responsible. Alone at sea is not a fisherman. Alone in the field is not a warrior. One warrior leads a thousand. One wolf chases a regiment of sheep. One thief - ruin for the whole world. One eye is on us, and the other is on Arzamas. I've been stuck for ten years for one year. One goose will not trample down the field. One is like a stump, and the other is like a log. One horse will not kick up dust, and even if it does kick up dust, it will not achieve glory. If you bite one finger, everything hurts. One is plowing, and seven are waving their arms. One about Thomas, the other about Yerema. Once doesn't count. Once you fail, the second time you'll learn. Once protect yourself from fire, another time from water. Once you look - flowers and roses, another time you look - wind and storm. One mouth and he fights. One chops, and the other blows a trumpet. One with a bipod, and seven with a spoon. Miron has one son, and that one is Mironovich. One mind is good, but two are better. One smart man drives ten crazy people. One is like a moon in the sky. Everywhere is home for the lonely. One misfortune comes, another leads. One misfortune does not go away: misfortune will give birth to misfortune. One spring in your homeland is better than a hundred springs in a foreign land. One head on his shoulders. One head it's good, but two better. One swallow does not make spring. One fox will lead seven wolves. One fly in the ointment spoils a barrel of honey. One wise head is worth a hundred heads. One leg here, the other there. One clothes - both in the world, and at the feast, and in the backyard. Only truth lives in the world. One bee is better than a swarm of flies. One bee does not make much honey. One hand in honey, the other in molasses. One hand does not knit a knot. One luck goes, another leads. Sleep with one eye and watch with the other. If you cut down one tree, you plant ten. One grain yields a handful. One eye can see far. One today is better than two tomorrow. One ear is deaf. Birds of a feather. You can't clap your hands with one hand. You can't tie a knot with one hand. He lights it with one hand and puts it out with the other. If you go alone, the road is long. To live alone is to make your heart cold, but in public even death is red. It's boring to walk alone and drown yourself. One had it come true, but the other failed. One is scared, but everyone (the world) is not scared. (Together it’s not scary.) One word can lead to a quarrel forever. A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Once you lie, you become a liar forever. Hands can overcome one, knowledge – a thousand. The hedgehog has one strength - its spines. What you can't do alone, ten will do. What is food for one is poison for another.
Number 1
Proverbs with number 1:
Break one pancake in half. One mind is good, but two are better. One goose will not trample the grass. One grain yields a handful. If you cut down one tree, you plant ten. Better to see once than hear a hundred times. One fox will lead seven wolves. One eye can see far. One succeeded, but the other failed. One hand doesn't even clap. The first guy is in the village, and there is only one house in the village. Try it on seven times and cut it off once. One is plowing, and seven are waving their arms. Seven - not one, we won’t give offense.
Sayings with number 1:
One head on his shoulders. Alone, like a month in the sky. Birds of a feather.
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Proverbs and sayings with the number 2
Grandma said in two. Second wind. Where there are more than two, they speak out loud. Sorrow for two is half grief, joy for two is two joys. You can't fit two watermelons under your armpit. Two brothers - for a bear, and two brothers-in-law - for jelly. You can’t live for two centuries, but you can’t bother for a century. You can’t live through two centuries, you can’t go beyond two youth. Two sorrows together, the third in half. Two pennies is a lot of money. Two Demids, but both cannot see. Two fools with one mind. Two fools, each with two fists. Two bears cannot live in one den. Two bears cannot live in one den. Don't die twice. Listen twice, say once. Two boots - a pair, and both on the left foot. Two of a Kind. Two falcons will quarrel and the crow will lose food. Two ears, one mouth: listen forty-two times, speak once. It took two hours to get ready, two hours to wash, an hour to dry, and a day to get dressed. Summer doesn't happen twice a year. You can't be young twice. You can’t put on two pairs of sandals at once. Two halves are one whole. Two dogs are fighting - don’t pester the third one. Two are fighting in the field, and one is grieving at home. Two people fight, the third one doesn’t interfere. Two deaths cannot happen, but one cannot be avoided. Chasing two birds with one stone will not catch either one. There are no two truths If you chase two hares, you won’t catch either. For one beaten, they give two unbeaten. Choose the lesser of two evils. As two drops of water. He who helped quickly helped twice. The lazy man works twice. Between two fires. Two words. Can't put two words together. Not two, not one and a half. One head it's good, but two better. Two inches from the pot. It's a double-edged sword. Sit between two chairs. Miser pays twice. An old brother is like a second father. An old friend is better than two new ones. Kill two birds with one stone. A mind is good, but two are better. To devour both cheeks. Limp on both legs.
Puzzles
Folklore contains not only sayings about numbers, but also riddles. Using them, you can quickly teach children to count. Finnish riddles are interesting in this regard:
- How many boiled eggs can a person eat when hungry? (Answer: “One thing. The second will not be on an empty stomach.”)
- Thirty-two soldiers have one commander. (Answer: “Tongue and teeth.”)
- Blackbirds flew into the garden and settled two per tree. There was only one tree that no one sat on. Then they moved one by one to a tree, but now one bird was missing the tree. How many birds and trees were there? (Answer: “4 blackbirds, 3 trees.”)
Proverbs and sayings with the number 3
Where two stand, a third has no business. A friend nearby is better than three in the distance. If three cooks are crowded around one stove, dinner gets burnt. If you sweat for two, you eat for three. Get lost in three pines. From third mouth, from third hand From third mouth, from third hand. He talked like three boxes. Unlucky up to three times Don't recognize a friend in three days - recognize a friend in three years The Promised One is waited for three years The Promised One is waited for three years. One is a secret, two is half a secret, three is no secret. One day will replace three if everything is done on time. One wears, another asks, the third waits in turn. One son is not a son, two sons are half a son, three sons are a son. From the pot - three inches. Cry in three streams. The dog was frightened once for three days and barked for three days. Bend over to death. The third one does not light a cigarette. The third day is the day before yesterday. Three women are a bazaar, and seven are a fair. Three hairs are laid in 6 rows. Three hairs are arranged in six rows. Jump for three years and you won’t reach any state. Three Graces. Three money a day, wherever you want, there and a day. I ground it for three days, and ate it in a day and a half. He had three wives and suffered from them all. Three whales. Three nickels a day, wherever you want and a day. Forgive me three times, and the fourth time I'm sick. Three sons, and he himself is strong. Three will condemn, ten will judge. The price for a braggart is three kopecks. He walks as if he hasn’t eaten for three days. It takes three years to learn hard work; three days to learn laziness.
Proverbs and sayings with the number 4
The horse has four legs, and even he stumbles. Without four corners, a hut cannot be cut. There are four wills in the open field. Without the Trinity, a house cannot be built, without four corners a hut cannot be built. A house with four corners. Live within four walls. On all four sides. Brow - four, and the fifth - God help. The jury has four eyes, and more than one conscience. Four hard millstones will not grind good flour. Four stakes are driven in, and the sky is covered. Four floors, and the sides are bare. The four countries of the world on the four seas are laid down. Four corners of the house for construction, four seasons for completion.
Proverbs and sayings with the number 5
You need a fifth wheel like a cart. A nickel can't buy friendship. Smart and cunning - he wiped the noses of five people. A cat with its paw, a bear with its fingers. One is stupid, but the five smart ones quarrel. Nice godfather - she gave five altyns! They don't give nickels for a penny. Pakhom is not worth a penny, but looks like a nickel. There are five fingers on the hand, but if you don’t bite it, everything hurts. What is four: lives and about five. Five young men are sitting in five wells. Don't bother, Friday, before Thursday. There are five fingers in the hand. A mile closer, a nickel cheaper. I don’t see any of the five fingers, but one of them looks like seven in my eyes. Without five prosviras there is no mass, but the sixth is in reserve. Dear five, but just ten. The mother-in-law thought that five people couldn’t eat; and the son-in-law sat down and ate it in one sitting. The trade is worth three altyns, and the debt is five. He threshes rye on five barns. It’s amazing that a pig has a snout like a nickel. The pig is not my brother, and five rubles is not money. There are five kopecks - and grandma is in the bargain. On an oak tree there is a leaf worth a nickel - so be it in the spring. Live on five!
Proverbs and sayings with the number 6
Five times they forgive, but the sixth time they beat you. He who has six children has wealth in six places. When six women go to mourn, each one cries for her own thing. He who gives receives 5 much; whoever takes it, even 6 is not enough. The six of us will go - we will go far. It is better to forgive six guilty people than to execute one innocent person. You can't be a genius. To a traitor - six blows with sticks. If six people argue, they will even miss what is in their mouth; if four agree, they will even knock down what’s on the roof. He has six tricks and five deceptions. A good deal ends in six months. Gear - foreman's riding. Sixth Sense. It is better to forgive six guilty people than to execute one innocent person. There are three cows, they will calve - there will be six.
Aphorisms about family, friendship, poverty and wealth
Proverbs and sayings about numbers aptly reflect the essence of things. Here are some interesting thoughts about family:
- Adam is the first lucky person on earth, because he did not have a mother-in-law (Jewish).
- Three couples will never agree: two women in the same kitchen, two cats with one mouse, and two men who care for one woman (Irish).
Friendship - loyalty and betrayal, help and evasion from it - are reflected in the following words:
- One friend is good, two is many, three is hardly possible (American).
- One unfaithful friend is worse than a thousand enemies (Armenian).
- Of all the people on earth, only one is needed to be happy (Russian).
Life has always been hard for the common people. Hard work does not always save you from poverty. Time and chance can lead to need. That is why the following sayings were made:
- One was blind from hunger, the other was blind from gold (eastern).
- Some live below the poverty line, while others live abroad (Russian).
- If you give five, it seems like a lot, if you take six, it seems like not enough (Uzbek).
Proverbs and sayings with the number 7
Measure 7 spans in the forehead 7 times - cut 1 time. For a mad dog, seven miles is not a circle. For a beloved friend, seven miles is not a suburb. Up to the seventh generation. To sip jelly seven miles away. Beyond the seven seas. Behind seven seals. Onion - from seven ailments. Bow to Makar, and Makar to seven sides. Martok, put on seven parkas. On the seventh sky. Not a big town, but seven governors. One with a bipod, and seven with a spoon. Seven of them grew noses, but one got it. I don’t fight myself, I’m not afraid of seven. Seventh water on jelly. Seven gates and all into the garden. Seven are not one, we won’t give offense. Seven do not wait for one. Seven people pick up one straw. Seven birds with one stone, but no skin. Seven on the benches. Seven with a spoon - one with a bowl. Seven deaths cannot happen, but one cannot be avoided. By leaps and bounds. Seven troubles - one answer Seven to four and three flew away. Seven miles to heaven, all through forest. Seven things cannot be handled by one person. Seven villages, but one horse. Seven years is a disaster, nine years is a misfortune. For seven years the poppy did not bear fruit, and there was no famine. He was silent for seven years, and cried out on the eighth. We haven’t seen each other for seven years, but we got together - and there’s nothing to say. Seven wise men are cheaper than one experienced man. Seven spans in the forehead. Seven Fridays a week. Measure seven times and cut once. We ate seven times, but did not sit at the table. She dried up seven rivers and did not wet the canvas. There were seven villagers, one ox, and even that one was naked, and ten police officers. Seven axes lie together, and two spinning wheels are apart. Seven feet under the keel Seven Thursdays, all on Friday. Seven, eight - let's throw away laziness. The secret is sealed with seven seals. Three women are a market, and seven are a fair. One sheep has seven shepherds. Seven nannies have a child without an eye.
Proverbs and sayings with the number 8
Two friends, eight enemies. Eight hryvnia is not enough to reach a ruble. Spring and autumn - there are eight weather conditions per day. Don't say "eight" without counting. Everyone is seven, the owner is eight, the hostess is nine, which divides evenly. The figure eight has two rings without a beginning or an end. Autumn - eight changes. The eighth wonder of the world. (Used to mean something extraordinary, grandiose, but sometimes in an ironic sense). Everyone is seven, and I am eight. For next autumn, in about eight years. He was silent for seven years, and cried out on the eighth. There are two friends, and eight enemies. Don’t slaughter eight sheep – slaughter one, but a well-fed one. Liked – eight, desired – one.
Proverbs and sayings with the number 9
A bull is worth ninety rubles, but an arrogant man is not worth nine kopecks. The ninth wave. (Stormy, strong manifestation of something formidable: the highest rise, takeoff). The ninth month gives birth to the world. Nine mice pulled together and pulled the lid off the tub. Nine people is the same as ten. If it stands on its head, the number six will become nine. Beyond distant lands, in the distant (thirtieth) kingdom. The ninth death is bothering the cat. Seven years is a disaster, nine years is a misfortune. A brave man has ten virtues: one is courage, nine is dexterity. If you lose once, you will win nine times. If you want to live for 9 days, stock up on food for 10 (Turkish).
First graders
Nowadays the school widely uses a creative approach to the learning process. Didactic materials include folklore.
Many parents, when working with their children, show literary talents. This is how modern riddles and sayings about numbers for 1st grade appear:
- Whether you are a Chukchi or a Georgian, everyone has a nose... (one).
- On a long neck there is a head floating like a swan, the number... (two)
- Repeat this number and erase the mistake with an eraser. If you sweat, you can even wipe a hole (number three).
- North, west, south, east - these are the sides, my friend. This is what they think all over the world. Remember - there are... (four).
- How many fingers are there on a hand? How many fingers are in a fist? All of them must be counted: one, two, three, four... (five).
- Grandma and grandpa are pulling the turnip; they won’t be able to eat it at five years old. granddaughter with a bug, cat with a mouse, how long does it take to pull a turnip? (Six.)
- How many stripes in a rainbow disperse the clouds and shadows? It’s easier not to find the question, because there are exactly... (seven) stripes.
- How long does it take for an octopus to take a boot on the road?
- The six suddenly fell and stood on their heads. And, if you believe her, now it’s called... (nine).
- They grow in hands and love work very much. Wash, hang laundry. And on two hands there are... (ten).
Proverbs and sayings with the number 10
Many of our readers believe that 10 is a number, in fact, 10 is a number consisting of two digits 1 and 0. 10 who know are not worth 1, which does the deed (Ethiopian). Say it 10 times, up to at least 1 time about a friend (Kurdish). To the top ten In a house where there are 10 maids, the floor cannot be swept (Tatar). The year then ended on the tenth moon with the fulfillment of Nine people - the same as ten. Case ten. (Not that important; not at all significant). The tenth water is more sour. Ten knowledgeable people are not worth one who does the work. If you count it ten times, you’ll cut it once. Think 10 times, speak 1 (Uyghur). If you get rid of one vice, ten virtues will grow. An agile person can live 10 days without food. It is better to turn 10 times than to run aground once (Russian). For a penny of ammunition, for ten dollars of ambition. For each shooter there are ten beaters of the Not Cowardly Ten. (Brave, fearless). Consult with ten about your son’s marriage, and a hundred about divorce. One speaks, ten listen. I've been stuck for ten years for one year. If you cut down one tree, you plant ten. By the time you get to the boss, you will stumble ten times. From fifth to tenth. (Incoherently, inconsistently, omitting details (tell, report, speak, etc.). Seven villages, one ox, and even that one is naked, and ten police officers. The bear has ten songs and all about honey. The brave man has ten valor: one courage, but nine dexterity. A smart person will hear once, but guess ten times. What you can’t do alone, ten will do.
Folk wisdom
Let's take, for example, folk proverbs and sayings about the number 1. One African wisdom says: “To go fast, you have to go alone, to go far, you have to go together.” Indeed, following the path of life, a person makes a career alone, but grows old together with his spouse.
In folk wisdom, the voice of morality is heard: “One rotten pear will spoil the whole basket,” they say in China. “One mangy sheep will spoil the whole flock,” the Briton will say. In Russian it will be: “Whoever you get along with, that’s how you’ll gain.”
Sometimes people's observations result in proverbs and sayings about numbers, numerals, their opposition to each other and comparisons of the singular and the plural.
The Chinese will say: “One joy will drive away a hundred troubles.” And he will add: “When there are only two coppers left in your wallet, buy bread for the first, and a flower for the second.” “One flower does not bring spring,” the Azerbaijani will object. You can immediately see a thorough and thrifty person. In his worldview, one is the same as nothing. The Chechen elder will not agree. “One single spark can burn down an entire village,” he will note. And, after a pause, he adds: “One summer day feeds the whole month in winter.” The harsh conditions of the mountains gave the old man such life experience.
Over generations, wise thoughts were formed, polished, and tested. Their expression became sayings about the number 1:
- From the same flower a bee makes honey, and a snake makes poison (Armenian).
- The icon and the shovel (Russian) are made from the same wood.
- There are two ears, but no one listens to two speeches at once (African).
