Kim-Ool Chechek Semyonovna
Job title: teacher of Russian language and literature
Educational institution: MBOU secondary school No. 3
Locality: Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva
Name of material: Research
Subject: History of the phraseological unit "Like a squirrel in a wheel"
Publication date: 18.04.2016
Chapter: secondary education

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RESEARCH
HISTORY OF PHRASEOLOGISM
"Like a squirrel in a wheel"

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teacher of Russian language and literature

MBOU Secondary School No. 3 of Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva

Kim-ool Chechek Semyonovna

Kyzyl 2016
2 Contents. Introduction. p.3 Chapter 1. The origin of the mysterious expression “Like a squirrel in a wheel.” p.4 Chapter 2. Expanding the linguistic horizon of comparison. p.5-7 Chapter 3. About the Old Russian word “veksha” p.8-9 Chapter 4. Two main meanings of the expression “Like a squirrel in a wheel” p.10-13 Conclusion. p.14 List of used literature. p.15
3 Introduction. The role of phraseological units in the Russian language is great. Often they express wise sayings of people that have become stable phrases. Each phraseological unit is a short expression of a long human thought. This study is
relevant
, since phraseological units enrich our speech, improve oral speech skills, develop thinking and imagination.
An object
research - mysterious expressions of Russian speech.
Subject
research, the stable expression “Like a squirrel in a wheel” was chosen.
Purpose
This study is to clarify the origin of the phraseological unit “Like a squirrel in a wheel” and consider modifications of the phrase in modern speech.
Research objectives
: 1. Get acquainted with the history of the expression. 2. Identify the role of stable expression in modern speech.
Methods:
searching for information about the phraseological unit “Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel” when working with literary sources, observation, comparison and analysis.
Hypothesis:
we assume that by studying the origin of the expression we will increase our knowledge.
Novelty
The research is that in the modern Russian language, some modifications of the phrase “Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel” are so multi-tiered that they seem artificial, that they are taken away from the original image.
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Theoretical
and p
practical significance
research is that its materials can be published in a school newspaper, presented in the form of a message, a report at a Russian literature lesson.
Chapter I. The origin of the mysterious expression “Like a squirrel in a wheel.”
Great amount stable combinations goes back to literary sources. I.A. was a storehouse of phraseological units. Krylov, from whose fables a large number of phraseological units came into Russian phraseology. We will finish our fable in November. In a tired, painful game, the cries are not the same and the cries are not the same. Farewell, farewell, my morality (And my meaning is like a squirrel and a circle) What the hell, really, friend! I. Brodsky. Procession The source of comparison is considered to be the fable of I.A. Krylov’s “Squirrel” (1833), where a squirrel runs along a rotating wheel, setting it in motion, but not moving forward at all. The fabulist himself uses a figurative meaning at the conclusion of the fable: “Look at another businessman: He is busy, rushing about, everyone marvels at him: He seems to be bursting out of his skin, But he just doesn’t move forward,
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Like a squirrel in a wheel."
Fable by I.A. Krylov has long been undoubtedly considered the source of circulation by many historians of popular expressions.

Chapter 2. Expanding the linguistic horizon of comparison.
The comparison is also known to others East Slavic languages, for example, white (vengeful) yak (shto) squirrel in the carriage; Ukrainian spins like a squirrel in a wheel, where it can, perhaps, be considered a borrowing from Russian. The expansion of the linguistic horizon of our comparison, however, casts doubt on whether its authorship belongs to the Russian fabulist. After all, it has been known for a long time outside the context of our popular fable French(literally spinning around like a squirrel in a cage). Here it is used both in colloquial speech and in literary language (for example, in Stendhal’s novel “The Monastery of Parma.” Historians of French phraseology decipher the original image of a stable comparison based on everyday reality typical of France in the 18th and 19th centuries - a small cage for a squirrel , equipped with a small “turnstile”, a rotating wheel. Placed there, the squirrels had to spin involuntarily and the wheel thereby became “a cruel means for the release of their natural energy." This is how modern linguists explain the original image of the Russian phrase: “The proverb about the squirrel in the wheel arose from custom of catching it and keeping it in a cage for fun. In order to follow the fast behavior, light jumps of the squirrel in the cage, in the cage for the fast behavior, light jumps of the squirrel, a wheel is built in the cage,” states A.A. Bragina. [ 5 43] And here one can detect some contradiction in the interpretation of reality itself, which has become the main basis of French and Russian comparison.
6 placing a tame squirrel in a wheel that it rotates is by no means a “cruel means for releasing the natural energy” of squirrels, as it seems to historians of French phraseology, and not an idle invention of the owners of this animal. The squirrel wheel, as it turns out, is a necessary condition for maintaining his mobility at home. In the article by biologist Oleg Ermolenko, “Like a squirrel in a wheel, this means moving not only quickly, but also with health benefits,” it is said directly: “The popular image of a squirrel in a wheel is by no means a figment of man’s playful imagination. Running is necessary for animals to stay healthy. Therefore, the squirrel owner will need to purchase a special wheel, but it is still better to place it outside the cage to preserve a large living space in it.” By the way, the mobility and dexterity of a squirrel has also entered the common French comparison (lit. to be mobile (alive) like a squirrel). Similar comparisons are found in other European languages: for example, German (agile like a squirrel), (alive like a squirrel), (cheerful like a squirrel) are completely consistent with French. It is curious that in modern French the comparison loses its activity: it is replaced by another “cellular” comparison - (twirl like a bear in a cage” restlessly pacing from corner to corner around the room (twirl like a lion (a predatory animal) in a cage). Let’s compare also a German expression. In the same meaning, which, by the way, is somewhat different from the comparison with a squirrel in a cage with a rotating wheel. The English one is probably also obsolete (lit. to be like a squirrel in a wheel (in a cage), since it is recorded in “Russian -English dictionary" by S.A. Lubensky as an equivalent to Russian: spinning like a squirrel in a wheel, but is not reflected in the complete "English-Russian Phraseological Dictionary" by A.V. Kunin. Let's also compare English expressions conducted in the Big Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Language"
7 The phrase about the squirrel and the wheel is also known in the Lithuanian and Latvian languages: the Lithuanian expression, as in Belarusian and Ukrainian, is apparently a translation from Russian: in big dictionary it is not recorded in Lithuanian phraseology (although it is written down in colloquial speech), and in Latvian phraseology only modern (since the 70s of the last century) contexts are given to illustrate it. [5. P 84] The European origins of the image of an animal spinning in a “cage” wheel are also evidenced by the German comparison (literally running like a hamster in a wheel) – moving restlessly, constantly moving, constantly running back and forth , be very busy. To work a lot. Thus, if the assumption about
French origin
Russian turnover turns like a squirrel in a wheel, right,
Russian language has become

a reliable “preservative” of the now disappearing French comparison
. And of course, its popularity is directly due to the popularity of the “Grandfather Krylov” fable, which we all know from childhood. The comparative and historical-etymological analysis of this comparison, in fact, swapped the poles of one of the dynamic oppositions characteristic of phraseology - “implicity-explicitness”. After all, if in French and other European languages ​​the image of a squirrel (or hamster) spinning in a wheel is unknown as a fable plot, then the comparison is not a “condensation” of the fable, but, on the contrary, its “expansion” and explication into a fable. The opposition “implicity – explicitness” turns out to be relevant here, but in reverse order. In the Russian fable, perhaps another, more ancient image associated with
8 with a rotating wheel, as indicated by Slavic parallels. For example, Czech (lit. to be like in a wheel).
Chapter 3. About the Old Russian word “veksha”
The word "veksha" has many meanings. 1. Veksha is another name for the common squirrel. 2. Veksha - a small monetary unit of Ancient Rus'. 3. Veksha is the name of a river in the Novgorod region. 4. Veksha - a roller in a block, a block, in which in other lifting equipment, it runs like a veksha, which is why the traction, the rope base in two blocks, is called running. For example, a dog is let loose around the yard on a veksha. Heavy lifting occurs on the roof during construction. Although these technical comparisons, at first glance, have nothing to do with the Russian squirrel, they leave room for further etymological searches for the original image of the phrase used by the Russian fabulist. After all, the Old Russian word veksha was not only a designation for “squirrel”, but also had the technical meaning of “block”, directly related to the wheel. In the inventory of the Tula Iron Plant of 1662, given by P.Ya. Chernykh, we find their logical conjugation: “On a beam there is a wooden pole with an iron wheel, which the cannons take out.” Who knows, maybe our fabulist’s European comparison of a nimble squirrel running in a wheel could be associated with the ancient Russian veksha, which used an iron wheel to remove cast cannons. Of course, the real and vivid “squirrel” image could not but remain the most relevant and dominant. As in all later formal and
9 semantic transformations of our simple phraseology in artistic and lively speech. It is no coincidence that in Russian folk speech the word veksha “squirrel” has acquired the same associations. the same as the word squirrel - cf. Pskov comparisons spin around like a veksha about a nimble, restless and mischievous child, rush around like a veksha - a person quickly restlessly and fussily rushing somewhere (usually about a child), jump (jump) like a veksha - about a nimble, restless and mischievous child, rush around like a veksha - about a nimble, restless and mischievous child, rush around like a veksha - about a person running quickly, restlessly and fussily somewhere (usually about a child), jump and jump like a veksha - about a lively, agile and deftly jumping person (usually about a child). But even if the association of our expression with the Old Russian century was once relevant, but is now completely forgotten, it doesn’t matter. After all, as the poet V. Shefner rightly noted in the poem “Forgetting”: If you remember everything in the world, Blame everything on fate, We would be like children in the dark, Lost in ourselves, Drowning in petty grievances, Forgetting all roads,
We'd be spinning like squirrels

In a hopeless wheel
. We, without fear of forgetting the original and generally transparent image of the comparison about the squirrel wheel, thanks to the fable of I.A. Krylov, at the same time, we perceive all his speech and literary “recodings” as a consequence of the ongoing dynamization of his form and meaning.
10 In the Tuvan language we found interesting expressions related to squirrel. 1. Dalashashtyn diin deg halyp turdum. 2. Diin deg diziretkesh keliin, Syrbyk deg siliretkesh keliin. 3. Tooruktarny men diin money durgen kazyyr men.
Chapter 4. Two main meanings of the expression “Like a squirrel in a wheel”
At first glance, the semantic dynamics of our comparison are as simple as its transparent internal form. We can distinguish 2 dominant and very close to each other meanings of this comparison: forced, incessantly engaged in some troublesome tasks, exhausting work, and incessantly engaged in some fruitless activity, something empty and insignificant. These two meanings are realized in equally simple lexical variants - replacing the verbal component twirl with twirl, which can be called customary. 1. Forced, incessantly engaged in some kind of -l. troublesome affairs, exhausting work. "She was worried that I educated person, knowledgeable of languages, instead of doing science or literary work. I live in the village, spinning like a squirrel in a wheel. I work a lot, but I’m always penniless.” A.P. Chekhov. About love. “Dodik! Nothing, boy! don't be angry with me... Nothing. The two of us... Just the two of us... we have no one else! I know - and that they call me a swindler and a torturer, and... Ah-ah, let them be! Right? Let me spin like a squirrel in a wheel all day in my warehouse - hanging nails and letting go of nails, taking soap and letting go of soap, and writing out
11 invoices and quarrel with the directors...” (A. Galich. Sailor’s silence. Dramatic chronicle in 4 acts). “Laziness is laziness, but there is absolutely no time, a lonely old man needs to offend himself, and he has to run to work, and at work he spins like a squirrel in a wheel! (S. Zalygin. Our horses.) “No, do you seriously think I’m lazy? - Turovtsev asked offended. – It doesn’t matter what I think, it’s important what you think. Gorbunov’s eyes laughed and Turovtsev felt embarrassed for his offended tone. “I don’t know,” he said, thinking. – In any case, I’ve been spinning like a squirrel in a wheel all day! - No doubt. Lazy people, for the most part, are extremely active people” (A. Kron. House and Ship). To continuously engage in some fruitless activity, something empty, insignificant. “Readers made it clear to critics that he was spinning around with his theory like a squirrel in wheels.” (N. Dobrolyubov. A ray of light in a dark kingdom). Reason - no reason: no reason - and again no reason. It’s around these fruitless terms that he spins like a squirrel in a wheel” (M.E. Saltykov - Shchedrin. Abroad). In actual use, our comparative phrase allows for a number of variations that, in principle, do not change either the structure or the meaning. As we have already seen, its first, verbal component is subject to synonymous replacement: spin - spin. It is also possible to have such verb variants as spin like a squirrel in a wheel, spin like a squirrel in a wheel, spin like a squirrel in a wheel, run like a squirrel in a wheel, less often - rush like a squirrel in a wheel. Some transformations of this phrase are so multi-tiered that they seem artificial simply because, in order to increase expressiveness, they almost completely tear it away from the original image: “Locked gate. - Tsarskoye Selo morning. The criticism was in the sense that, they say, the ideal of our hero is not a modern woman, but, excuse me, a serf squirrel who must spin all day long in an antediluvian wheel.”
12 Dynamics of the use of the phrase about a squirrel in a wheel: 1. Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel, 2. Spinning in a wheel like a squirrel endlessly, 3. Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel of vanity and vanity 4. Spinning like a squirrel 5. Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel 6. Spinning in a squirrel wheel 7. How a squirrel runs in a wheel 8. A squirrel in a cage 9. A serf squirrel that must spin around the clock in an antediluvian wheel 10. Spinning like a red squirrel in a wheel 11. The squirrel wheel of everyday life 12. The squirrel wheel of life 13. The four-century whirling in a squirrel wheel 14. The squirrel whirling of a poet in the wheel of history 15. Jumping out of the wheel into prison 16. The situation of a fruitless “whirling” 17. A squirrel in a wheel. Why a squirrel? Why in the wheel? Thus, isolating the key protein component from the composition of a phraseological unit gives rise to complex images. In I. Brodsky’s poem, the everyday comparison about a squirrel in a wheel gives rise to a new phraseological unit: instead of denoting routine, troublesome and fruitless activity, it becomes an expressive characteristic of the emotional beating of the heart and the restless circling of thought. ... Having slipped on a cherry pit, I do not fall: the force of friction increases with the decrease in speed.
13 The heart jumps,
like a squirrel
, in the brushwood of Ribs. And the throat sings about age. This is already aging... Conclusion. As observation of the process of emergence, development and functioning of most phraseological units shows, such a beginning and
14 such dynamics of their “squirrel gyrations” are typical. Fueled by the powerful expressive energy created by phraseological oppositions, such uses reflect the structural and semantic movement of phraseological units from simple to complex, and often vice versa - from complicated to simple. The movement is as long and dynamic as the tireless rotation of a squirrel in a wheel. Every language has phraseological units. This speaks of the people’s desire to make their language bright and expressive. Therefore, with the help of phraseological units, you can brightly and colorfully express your attitude towards the world. Phraseologisms allow you to adopt the wisdom of your ancestors, acquired over centuries. Phraseologisms are constant companions of our speech. The study confirms the hypothesis that we put forward: by studying the origin of the expression, we expanded our knowledge, learned the history of the emergence of the phraseological unit “Like a squirrel in a wheel,” and examined the modifications of the phrase in modern Russian. Summing up the work done, we can say that the assigned tasks have been completed.
List of used literature.
1. Babkin A.M. Russian phraseology, its development and sources. – St. Petersburg: Nauka, 2004. -192 p.
15 2. Zhukov V.P. Zhukov A.V. School phraseological dictionary of the Russian language. – Moscow: “Enlightenment”, 2003. – 543 p. 3. Foreign writers. Bibliographical dictionary of schoolchildren and applicants to universities: In 2 parts. / ed. N.P. Michalska. – M.: Bustard, 2003. – 624 p. 4. Krylov I.A. Fables. Satirical works. Memoirs of contemporaries. – Moscow: 1989. 5. Mokienko V.M. Mysteries of Russian phraseology. – M.: Higher School, 2004. – 192 p. 6. Mokienko V.M. Why do we say this? – M.: JSC “OLMA Media Group”, 2012. – 480 p. 7. Panov M.V. Encyclopedic Dictionary of a Young Philologist./ Linguistics/ Comp. M.V. Panov. M.: Pedagogika, 1984. – 352 p. 8. The most favorite fables. – Ed. 2nd, revised - M.: OLMA Media Group, 2010. - 128 pp.: ill. 9. Russian phraseological dictionary literary language in 2 volumes. / Comp. A.I. Fedorov. – Novosibirsk, 2005.- 544 p. 10. Shansky N.M., Zimin V.I., Filippov A.V. School phraseological dictionary of the Russian language: meaning and origin of phrases. – M.: Bustard, 2007. – 196 p. 10.Encyclopedia for children. T.9.Russian literature. From epics and chronicles to the classics of the 19th century./Ch. ed. M.D. Aksenova. – M.: Avanta, 2001, - 672 p.: ill.

Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel. Express Be in constant trouble. From morning to evening, both at sea and at anchor, Vasily Ivanovich spins like a squirrel in a wheel, making sure that the clipper is a “toy”, so that the work “burns”(Stanyukovich. Vasily Ivanovich).

Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language. - M.: Astrel, AST. A. I. Fedorov. 2008.

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Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel- see Like a squirrel in a wheel. encyclopedic Dictionary popular words and expressions. M.: Locked Press. Vadim Serov. 2003 ... Dictionary of popular words and expressions

SPIN LIKE A SQUIRREL IN A WHEEL

Spinning (spinning) like a squirrel in a wheel- WHEEL, ah, plural. wheels, wheels, cf. Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 … Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary

SPINING LIKE A SQUIRREL IN A WHEEL- who Be in constant trouble, do a lot different things, fuss. This means that a person or group of persons (X) are burdened with endless worries, work hard and exhaustingly, often without achieving desired results. Speaks with... Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Language

like a squirrel in a wheel

like a squirrel spinning in a wheel- Like a squirrel in a wheel / spinning (spinning, spinning) Bust around incessantly, do a lot of things without a break... Dictionary of many expressions

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SPIN LIKE A SQUIRREL IN A WHEEL- who Be in constant trouble, do many different things, fuss. This means that a person or group of people (X) are burdened with endless worries, work hard and exhaustingly, often without achieving the desired results. Speaks with... Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Language

like a squirrel in a wheel- as if, as if, like a squirrel in a wheel. Only in decree. f. Being very busy, in constant troubles, worries (sometimes without visible results). Most often with verb. nesov. like: spin, spin, spin... how? like a squirrel in a wheel... ... Educational phraseological dictionary

like a squirrel in a wheel- as if, as if, like a squirrel in a wheel. Only in decree. f. Being very busy, in constant troubles, worries (sometimes without visible results). Most often with verb. nesov. like: spin, spin, spin... how? like a squirrel in a wheel... ... Educational phraseological dictionary

SQUIRREL IN A WHEEL
female script

Majority modern women, without noticing it, they live according to the “Squirrel in a Wheel” scenario, as they are forced to work in two shifts: at work and at home. They can be called disguised family workaholics, since they have all the signs of workaholics, but they do not have an addiction to work or professional activity. They have another dependence - on the family. And they “plow” for the family.

Their family and children are at the forefront, and work is a means of earning money for the family. The squirrels in the wheel make a significant or greater contribution to the family budget, often working equally or even more than their husband. And at home after work they start their second shift - cooking, ironing, cleaning, homework...

Such women carry the whole house on themselves, shoulder all the problems and worries about children, husbands, old parents, and also the dacha/garden, spinning like a squirrel in a wheel all day, sacrificing themselves to the family and children.

“I feel like a draft horse dragging a heavy load up the mountain,” complains Tatyana Z. “I’m about to overstrain myself, but I can’t stop. Because no one but me can support my family. I have long forgotten what it is to feel like a woman. What about a woman? I forgot what it means to get enough sleep, just sit down and watch TV, go for a manicure, meet a friend. I don’t have time to do anything, things pile up like a snowball.”

In contrast to workaholics, Squirrels in the Wheel try to leave work early, stay late from the lunch break, managing to buy something for the family during lunch, and spend the weekend working not at work, but at home or in the country.

But the rest of the symptoms of Squirrels in the Wheel completely coincide with workaholics: they are always full of things to do, they are always in a hurry and do not have time to do anything, they do not know how to rest and enjoy their rest, they do not know how to relax. And of course, they have a pronounced dislike for themselves and low self-esteem, perfectionism and an excellent student complex, high demands on themselves and hyperfunctionality.

The squirrels in the wheel are always busy with something and do several things at the same time. They never sit idle and condemn such “lazy people” who allow themselves to rest.

At the store, they fill up bags of groceries that they can barely carry home. They often take on extra work, which, in principle, could not have been done, and which no one asked them to do.
Someone washes the floors throughout the house every day, someone prepares a three-course lunch every day. They come up with things to do for themselves, set tight deadlines for themselves, push themselves and exhaust themselves.

I AM MYSELF

The squirrels in the wheel live under the motto “I myself” and take on not only female, but also male functions - breadwinner, breadwinner, even protector. They can move furniture, hang shelves, and supervise the construction of a house.

They shoulder everything themselves and do not know how to delegate responsibilities to others and ask loved ones for help.

Of course, sooner or later they accumulate resentment and anger towards their family, they are annoyed by the fact that no one appreciates their work and contribution to the family, no one offers help and, most importantly, no one thanks them.

“Nobody does anything around the house, everything is on me. There is no point in asking - you won’t be interrogated. And if you force someone to do something about the scandal, they will do it in such a way that you have to redo everything again.”

Or another option: “The children are still small, and boys at that. Why would I want them? women's work load? Let them study well!"

Of course, they deeply believe that no one but them will do everything so perfectly. And in fact, he won’t do it until he learns. No one has ever washed the dishes perfectly the first time or ironed a shirt - everything comes with experience. But Squirrels are impatient: “Rather than wait until they learn, it’s better to do everything yourself!” This is how perfectionism manifests itself - the desire to achieve the ideal in everything.

Squirrels in a wheel do not want and do not know how to ask loved ones for help. “Why should I ask when they themselves should offer help?” Squirrels are indignant.
Or they think that rather than asking someone for something, it is better to do it yourself - dig up the garden yourself, weed the carrots, cook the borscht. “They won’t do a good job anyway, they’ll just ruin everything and fray your nerves,” Belki thinks.
Other Squirrels in the wheel, instead of asking, demand and force their loved ones to help themselves, which leads to scandals and protest.

And then the Squirrels themselves take offense at their loved ones - at these lazy people and stupid people - they get angry and irritated.

An example from life.
“For us, any cleaning ends in a scandal,” says Olga G. “I pick up a vacuum cleaner and start vacuuming the carpets in the apartment. At this time, my husband is lying on the sofa with a tablet, my daughter is doing her homework at the table.
10 minutes pass, 15, and at this time I think: “Why is he lying down? Well, can’t he see that I’m all exhausted, tired, I have a lot of things to do, and the house is a mess? Is it really difficult for him to tear his butt off the sofa and propose help?" and stuff like that.
Finally, I explode and tell him everything I think about him. We fight. But it never dawns on him that he should help. He defiantly goes into the kitchen.
The daughter hears all this and doesn’t even try to help with the cleaning. I end up making my daughter take a rag and wipe off the dust. She snaps, but still takes the rag and fiddles with it for appearances. Then I have to dust it off myself.”

As we see, in this situation, Olga, instead of asking her loved ones for help in advance, discussing with them the cleaning time and who is doing what, or even better, generally distributing responsibilities in the house, she tries to manipulate her husband and daughter - to make them feel guilty, demonstratively starting cleaning. Of course, this irritates them, but they are not manipulated. And Olga screws herself up, starts a scandal, but a scandal doesn’t The best way get help.

Most Squirrels do not know how to ask, and often demand help rather than ask, which causes protest from their relatives.

How do "Squirrels put themselves in a wheel"?

Squirrels in a wheel “put themselves in this wheel, turning themselves into a “squirrel.” How does this happen?

At the very beginning, they reject all attempts to help, criticize the actions of their children and husband, and thus discourage them from helping. Squirrel herself takes away the knife from her son when he tries to cut bread - (“Give it to me! You’ll be circumcised again!”), she herself moves her husband away from the sink when he wants to wash the dishes, since he still won’t wash them well. She scolds them for useless purchases, she runs to the store herself if her husband does not want to go there.

And, of course, in this way she discourages her loved ones from wanting to help or do anything at all. Gradually everyone gets used to the fact that the Squirrel in the Wheel does everything herself. And if she hasn’t done something, they already criticize her and demand that she improve the quality of food and the cleanliness of the house. "("Mom, is there any bread at home? Didn't you buy sugar? Why isn't dinner ready yet?").
When the neck is ready, there will always be people willing to sit on it!

“A squirrel in a wheel” sees the meaning of life in the family, in children, and hard work for the benefit of the family is its way of earning love and respect, gratitude and recognition. But it is impossible to earn love this way. Love cannot be earned at all.

This is very important to understand.

Once you stop valuing yourself, others stop valuing you. After all, other people look at you through your eyes.

For those who want to work more deeply on their Squirrel in the Wheel scenario, I have

Like a squirrel in a wheel as if, as if, like a squirrel in a wheel Razg. Only in decree. f. Being very busy, in constant troubles, worries (sometimes without visible results). Most often with verb. nesov. like: spin, spin, spin... how? like a squirrel in a wheel.

Grandma never complained of fatigue, although all day long she spun like a squirrel in a wheel.

Instead of doing science or literary work, I live in the village, spinning like a squirrel in a wheel, working a lot... (A. Chekhov.)

And all day long she [the mother] spun around like a squirrel in a wheel, cooking dinner... (M. Gorky.)

(?) The expression goes back to I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Squirrel”, in which the running of a squirrel in a wheel personifies human activity, which “bustles about, rushes about... breaks out of its skin, but everything doesn’t move forward, like a squirrel in a wheel.”

Educational phraseological dictionary. - M.: AST. E. A. Bystrova, A. P. Okuneva, N. M. Shansky. 1997 .

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Like a squirrel in a wheel- From the fable “Squirrel” (1833) by I. A. Krylov (1769 1844). It tells about a squirrel running all day in a wheel on the window of a manor’s house: “She ran so much that her paws only flickered and her lush tail swelled.” And at the same time she was firmly convinced that...

like a squirrel in a wheel- adj., number of synonyms: 3 all in business (3) busy (31) as if in a frying pan... Synonym dictionary

Like a squirrel in a wheel- Razg. Express To be in constant worries, troubles, etc. From the beginning of May until the October holidays, Silantiev spent almost 24 hours in the brigade... Day and evening, like a squirrel in a wheel... Like a clockwork one. How long will it last? (A. Pryashnikov. Guest). Students… … Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Literary Language

like a squirrel in a wheel- Wed. If Shakespeare were born again, he would have nothing to give up from his Hamlet, from his Lear: His penetrating gaze would not have discovered anything new in human life... The same gullibility and the same cruelty, the same need for blood,... ... Michelson's Large Explanatory and Phraseological Dictionary

Like a squirrel in a wheel- wing. sl. An expression from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Squirrel” (1833): Look at another businessman: He is busy, rushing about, everyone marvels at him: He seems to be breaking out of his skin, But everything doesn’t move forward, Like a squirrel in a wheel... Universal additional practical Dictionary I. Mostitsky

Like a squirrel in a wheel- Like a squirrel in a wheel. Wed. If Shakespeare were born again, he would have nothing to give up his Hamlet, his Lear: His penetrating gaze would not have discovered anything new in human life... The same gullibility and the same cruelty... Michelson's Large Explanatory and Phraseological Dictionary (original spelling)

like a squirrel spinning in a wheel- Like a squirrel in a wheel / spinning (spinning, spinning) Bust around incessantly, do a lot of things without a break... Dictionary of many expressions

SPIN LIKE A SQUIRREL IN A WHEEL

SPIN LIKE A SQUIRREL IN A WHEEL- who Be in constant trouble, do many different things, fuss. This means that a person or group of people (X) are burdened with endless worries, work hard and exhaustingly, often without achieving the desired results. Speaks with... Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Language

Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel- see Like a squirrel in a wheel. Encyclopedic Dictionary of winged words and expressions. M.: Locked Press. Vadim Serov. 2003 ... Dictionary of popular words and expressions

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Simple Express To be in constant troubles, worries, activities. Her husband is good to everyone, but he’s not very good at home... She understood that he had no time for home all this time. Like a squirrel spinning in a wheel. Still, sometimes it was difficult to hold back the insult(F. Abramov. Ilya Netosov). Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language. - M.: Astrel, AST A. I. Fedorov 2008

Meanings in other dictionaries

Play tricks

with whom. Simple Neglected To be with someone love relationships; cohabitate. Some sinner confided to Rebekah that her husband, Moses, has been playing tricks with a certain Angelina for a long time, that he brings half of his income to her and that... Angelina is sporting an astrakhan fur coat (N. Dumbadze. Kukaracha). Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language. - M.: Astrel, AST A. I. Fedorov 200 ...

Twist the screws

SPIN FUCKING MURS with anyone. Twist the screws with someone. Simple Joking. Flirt, flirt with someone. In front of an honest public, a sick woman after major surgery ran away from the hospital. This means that the nurse on duty was either playing tricks on the patient, or scratching with her tongue. I distributed the medications, completed the assignments - and hello! For that kind of money, she believes, it’s more expensive for yourself to strain yourself (Z. Boguslavskaya. Relatives). - And n...

Spin like a bobcat

Simple Express To be in constant worries and troubles; showing resourcefulness, deftly getting out of difficult circumstances. - This means that prices must be inflated, they must be overcharged, otherwise they will do what is required - and go home. Who's the plan? From the foreman. So you’re spinning like a bob (V. Eremenko. Taming the permafrost). -What is Anna’s life like? It spins like a bobcat, but for what? From your hundred and seventy you carved out one and a half...