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Folk wisdom keeps many secrets. Proverbs and sayings can have a large number of meanings. And if so, they are conducive to research, large and small. Ours is the smallest size, it is dedicated to the saying “The apple does not fall far from the tree.”
Where do proverbs and sayings come from
Proverbs and sayings are the result of many years, if not centuries, of people's observations of everything that happens around: the weather, the behavior of animals and insects, and plants. People watched each other, memorizing and comparing.
Folk art is notable for the fact that it keeps only the most imaginative and vivid sayings for a long time. Only what is close and understandable, what can be seen every day, remains in the language for a long time. Naturally, people could watch the fall of apples every year, hence the saying “The apple does not fall far from the tree.”
Source of saying
Plants have come up with many ways to reproduce, their offspring fly through the air, carried by birds and animals, swim through the water in search of a piece of suitable land. But the apple tree is notbegan to bother herself: her fruits fall near the mother tree, right under its crown and at some short distance around. It will be lucky if some apple, plucked by the wind, hits the slope and rolls a little further. So, from one small grain brought by chance, an impenetrable thicket of apple trees can form. This feature was once noticed by people and turned into a saying: “The apple does not fall far from the tree.”
However, many fruit trees reproduce in this way, for example, plums, cherries, apricots. And not only fruit: nuts, oaks, lindens. Why did the saying arose precisely in connection with the apple tree? One can only assume that it was this cultivated tree that was most often found in the homeland of our famous aphorism. It was on the apple trees that the nameless unknown author of the imperishable sample of folk wisdom watched season after season. After all, this idea is rightfully included in the golden fund called "Sayings and proverbs." Of course, this phrase also has a certain poetry and even some rhythm. Such a comparison with cherries or apricots would hardly have come to us from time immemorial, and, frankly, we do not have a southern country to associate with apricots. This proverb is included, as it is now fashionable to say, in the corpus of texts called "Russian proverbs", so it would be strange to have something other than an apple as a symbol.
The meaning of the saying
The way fruit trees, in particular apple trees, are propagated is neither bad nor good. Just in the process of evolution at some point it turned out to be the mostan effective way to procreate. And what is the meaning of the saying: "The apple does not fall far from the tree"? The answer is: mostly, unfortunately, negative. Such words speak of children, students, followers who repeat and exacerbate the mistakes and shortcomings of their parents, teachers, mentors. Also, the proverb is a little edifying: the one who uses it, as it were, emphasizes that it could not be otherwise. And if the children did not continue the negative line of behavior, it would rather cause surprise and distrust. People who are talked about in this way not only cast a shadow on their reputation, but also confirm that negative traits and unpleasant actions are a family trait or a feature of the school.
Examples of sayings
Examples of the use of this saying are not just many, they cannot be counted. Everything bad that is repeated in children and students is usually illustrated by this expression.
Is the son of a loser studying poorly? "An apple from an apple tree". Do children of alcoholics drink? Same. Is the daughter of a woman of easy virtue already pregnant at the age of sixteen? Again, "an apple from an apple tree." And this expression is also used if a scientist who copied his articles word for word taught only this to his wards, without giving them anything else.
But, despite the harmless way of reproduction in the apple tree, this expression is almost never used in a positive sense. Did the musician's student reach heights that were never inaccessible to the teacher? We will say: "The student has surpassed the teacher." Children have made more successful careersthan parents? “Well done,” people around will praise and will not comment on it again.
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