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WORK, LABOUR, DILIGENCE : SUCCESS, INACTIVITY/LAZINESS : SHORTAGE

idleness : working for another's benefit, giving (the dirty) work to another, justifying idleness

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: Bud I

Budaev,T.B.: Adekvatnye poslovitsy i pogovorki raznyh narodov, I 1962 Ulan-Ude: Burjatskoe kni noe izdatel'stvo.. diff.>RUS*

Proverb on page: 6. Proverb on page: 140. Proverb on page: 142.

Abbreviation: Dal

Dalj,V.: Poslovitsy russkogo naroda 1862/1957 Moskva: M.O. Wolf. RUS,RUS*

Proverb on page: 238. Additional number(s) and notes: 2.

Abbreviation: Hak

Hakamies, Pekka: Venäläisten sananparsien vaikutus karjalaiseen ja suomalaiseen sananparsistoon 1986 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. RUS/FIN*,FIN,KAREL

Proverb number(s): 222.

A delat' - ne ja, rabotat', ne ja, a est' kisel' ne protiv menja (Russian)

Abbreviation: Kuu2

Kuusi, Matti: Ovambo Proverbs with African Parallels. FF communications no. 208. 1970 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. OVAMBO/ENG*,varia AFR>GER*FR*

Proverb on page: 434. Proverb number(s): 634, 662.

He wants to eat but not work (Ovambo/Afr.) / Ruft man zum Essen, so heisst es 'Ja ruf dan..'

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 513. Proverb number(s) on page: 41.

Eating won't hinder you; to go on working will (Chuana/Afr.)

Abbreviation: Ryba

Rybakova ?: .

Proverb on page: 49.