Thread: Почему делать детей?

as we say in English, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

P.S. Would it be correct to "translate" this as Не ищи под дубом шишек, а под ёлкой - желудей ("Don't look for pinecones under an oak, or acorns under a fir tree")? Or does that saying have a figurative meaning different from "Children resemble their parents"?

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

P.S. Would it be correct to "translate" this as Не ищи под дубом шишек, а под ёлкой - желудей ("Don't look for pinecones under an oak, or acorns under a fir tree")? Or does that saying have a figurative meaning different from "Children resemble their parents"?

i understand the idea but am not quite sure what the meaning is - children resembling parents or something else (when i googled it it mostly says it has just practical meaning), this proverb is rarely used and heard.. but, frankly, most Russians would just say Яблоко от яблони недалеко падает (meaning is always children are like their parents).

Originally Posted by alexsms

this proverb is rarely used and heard..

Жаль.

I've never heard the pinecones/acorns proverb spoken by Russians, but I found it on the Internet somewhere and thought it was very colorful and expressive. I especially like it because it doesn't suggest that дубы are "better" or ёлки are "better" -- only that they're different from each other. (Both pinecones and acorns are edible by humans and thus worthwhile to "look for"... at least if you're a peasant with nothing else to eat!)

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Жаль.

I've never heard the pinecones/acorns proverb spoken by Russians, but I found it on the Internet somewhere and thought it was very colorful and expressive. I especially like it because it doesn't suggest that дубы are "better" or ёлки are "better" -- only that they're different from each other. (Both pinecones and acorns are edible by humans and thus worthwhile to "look for"... at least if you're a peasant with nothing else to eat!)

“Все шишки на бедного Макара” is a very popular pinecone proverb.
ВСЕ ШИШКИ НА БЕДНОГО МАКАРА ВАЛЯТСЯ