#RussianProverb: If You Want to Live, You Should Be Able to Spin

On By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Russian Sayings

Boris Kustodiev - A Merchant, 1918.
Boris Kustodiev – A Merchant, 1918.

Хочешь жить – умей вертеться

(hóchesh zhit’ – uméy vertétsya)

If you want to live, you should be able to spin

or

If you want to live, you should know how to spin

English equivalent: only the nimble will survive.

P.S. It’s equally important to know how to change the way you spin…

Advertisements

Any ideas?

Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s