s lica vody ne pit'

[Giampaolo Gandolfo]

Thank you. Prompt, persuasive, authoritative and and to the point!
Yours Sincerely
        Giampaolo Gandolfo
        University of Trieste (Italy)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Valery Belyanin" <vbelyanin at MTU.RU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] s lica vody ne pit'


> Den dobryj,
> GG> S lica vody ne pit'
> may mean something like the appearance of a person (his/her face) is not
> he most important. it should not be the form of a jar or a cup
> (_kruzhka_) or something from which you can drink water. and also:
> do not look only at his/her face (it is supposed to be not
> beautiful). The most important in a human being is his/her _dusha_.
>
> That is what I always thought about it. And it is really archaic.
> Yours truly, Valery Belyanin
> Editor of www.textology.ru
>
> Sunday, July 06, 2003, 1:05:18 PM, you wrote:
> GG>     I am not quite sure what the pogovorka S lica vody ne pit' means.
I have found it in
> GG> Chekhov's story Horoshij konec (1887), but it may well come from
Krylov, whom I cannot consult at the moment, since I am away from home.
> GG> Can ayone help me out? Thank you
> GG>         Giampaolo Gandolfo
>
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