Thread: ЛЫСЫЙ КОННОМУ НЕ ПЕШИЙ.

Hmmm, quite puzzled by that sentence, if not to say more. What da heck is this mean??? It kinda resonates with Cытый голодного не понимает. But im not sure.

Thanks

That's just a proverb distorted for comic effect. There are plenty of such "proverbs":
Чем дальше в лес, тем больше дров => Чем дальше в лес, тем толще партизаны
С кем поведёшься, от того и наберешься => С кем поведёшься, так тебе и надо, etc.

But what does the proverb mean?

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

But what does the proverb mean?

To a horse bald and unmounted aren't the same.

Originally Posted by BlackMage

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

But what does the proverb mean?

To a horse bald and unmounted aren't the same.

Is it about Brokeback Mountain?

Originally Posted by BlackMage

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

But what does the proverb mean?

To a horse bald and unmounted aren't the same.

not exactly:

To a horseman bald and unmounted aren't the same

NO NEED TO SHOUT IN THE TITLE.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

But what does the proverb mean?

Nothing, it simply sounds kinda funny

To a horseman bald and unmounted aren't the same

I don't get it.

This proverb means nothing. Лысый is an error. It should be сытый конному не пеший - a proverb made of 2 proverbs for comic effect: конный пешему не товарищ(a sow is no match for a goose) + сытый голодного не разумеет(A man with a full belly thinks no one is hungry). Something like a sow with a full belly is no match for a goose thinks no one is hungry.

Originally Posted by JJ

This proverb means nothing. Лысый is an error. It should be сытый конному не пеший - a proverb made of 2 proverbs for comic effect: конный пешему не товарищ(a sow is no match for a goose) + сытый голодного не разумеет(A man with a full belly thinks no one is hungry). Something like a sow with a full belly is no match for a goose thinks no one is hungry.

That's what I meant.

Originally Posted by JJ

Something like a sow with a full belly is no match for a goose thinks no one is hungry.

You're...you are real philosopher JJ! This saying should be written on the walls - let people know the Truth!

I see! Kinda (and I am just making this up) like:

Вот где соба́ка зары́та + Всё хорошо́, что хорошо́ конча́ется =

Вот где собака хорошо кончается

Всё хорошо кончается, где собака зарыта
You may change it whatever way you like to - language is odd thing.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Вот где собака хорошо кончается

Смиялсо.

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by BlackMage

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

But what does the proverb mean?

To a horse bald and unmounted aren't the same.

Is it about Brokeback Mountain?

Another comical effect:

Не хвались, идучи на рать, а хвались, идучи с рати.

Just read it aloud, and you'll understand what it's all about!

Originally Posted by basurero

To a horseman bald and unmounted aren't the same

I don't get it.

From the horseman's perspective, a bald and an unmounted aren't the same

Uuuuu, thank u all !!! Very entertaining
What can i say: Если лысый конного... там где собака зарыта, это плохо кончиться.

:P

Теперь говорят "Вот, значит, где собака порылась!"