Fools for the nightingale. 25 pairs of French and Russian proverbs and sayings

Proverbs and sayings play an important role in our life. Many use them both in a letter and in colloquial speech to express their thought briefly, intelligibly and figuratively. Do you know that many winged expressions came to us from the French language? After all, French for a long time was very popular in Russia. The translator and poet Mikhail Davidovich Yasnov collected in this book 25 pairs of funny proverbs and sayings. Want to know more French expressions and expand your horizons? Then start to read! After all, as they say in one proverb, "The book gives wings." The book is illustrated by the fun and funny drawings of Natalia Karpova.

About the translator:

Mikhail Davidovich Yasnov - a famous Russian poet, translator and children's writer, author of song texts in the cartoon "Scarecrow -Home -Home". Member of the Writers' Union, chairman of the artistic translation section of the Union of Writers, the head of the art studio at the French Institute of St. Petersburg. The author of dozens of books, translator of French poetry.