Thread: Self-teaching to a proficient level

Originally Posted by diogen_

I see.The second mouse is not bird brain to eat s***

Actually, the meaning of "the second mouse gets the cheese" is that the FIRST mouse gets no cheese because he's dead:



Which is to say that the cheese is understood in this context to be the приманка ("bait") in a мышеловка ("mousetrap")!!

Значит, мышка, которая рано встала с постели сдохнет в мышеловке; а мышка, которая проспала, украдёт сыр не в опасности.

(I mean to say "The mouse who got out of bed early will die in the mousetrap; the mouse who overslept will steal the cheese without danger." -- corrections welcome, please!)

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Значит, мышка, которая рано встала с постели сдохнет в мышеловке; а мышка, которая проспала, украдёт сыр не в опасности.

Значит, мышка, которая рано встала с постели, сдохнет в мышеловке; а мышка, которая проспала, украдёт сыр без риска.
Or "сможет украсть сыр без риска", "спокойно украдет сыр" ("спокойно" means "without troubles" in this context).
You can't use "не в опасности" in the sentence, because it's a rare specific combination of the words. You should use "вне опасности" (= out of danger) in most cases. Like "находиться вне опасности", "она была вне опасности". Anyway, it also sounds awkward in the example with mice. If you must use "опасность", you can say like this: "а мышка, которая проспала, сможет украсть сыр без всякой (or какой-либо) опасности". "Опасность" is a bit abstract, so you should specify it.

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Actually, the meaning of "the second mouse gets the cheese" is that the FIRST mouse gets no cheese because he's dead:



Which is to say that the cheese is understood in this context to be the приманка ("bait") in a мышеловка ("mousetrap")!!

Значит, мышка, которая рано встала с постели сдохнет в мышеловке; а мышка, которая проспала, украдёт сыр не в опасности.

(I mean to say "The mouse who got out of bed early will die in the mousetrap; the mouse who overslept will steal the cheese without danger." -- corrections welcome, please!)

Throbert,
what a beautiful mice “guillotine” you’ve uploaded! It has my name on it! )))