"When Russians are hungry, they kill worms": 10 sayings through the eyes of foreigners

Each nation has many proverbs, sayings and unusual idioms that foreigners will be very difficult to understand. Even if we take as an example the Russian expressions known to all of us from childhood and represent them literally (after all, this is exactly how residents of other countries perceive them), then we get some kind of absurdity. So we will not blame the Canadian artist Nathan James for hearing the Russian phrase "every person has a twist", he imagined a real raisin.

In general, Russian users found many inaccuracies in his illustrated interpretations of our sayings. For example, in the picture for the expression "when the cancer whistles on the mountain" a lobster is drawn, and for the phrase "shoe a flea" the Canadian depicted an insect in boots.

However, we will not be strict about the illustrator’s attempt to understand complex Russian idioms, but simply enjoy the fun drawings.

Russians do not exaggerate, but turn flies into elephants.

The Russians don't lie, instead they hang noodles on your ears.

Russians are so talented that they can make boots for a little flea.

Russian will not assure you of his innocence, but simply give his tooth.

When the Russian is in the crowd, it seems to him that this is a barrel filled with herrings.

When a Russian is excited, he is able to jump out of his pants.

A lobster whistling on top of a mountain means that something will never happen.

The Russian man never brags, he throws dust at his interlocutor’s eyes.

When a Russian is hungry, he kills the worm.

Russians believe that raisins are hidden inside every interesting person.

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