"A curious Barbara's nose was torn off at the market": the meaning and meaning of the saying

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

When we were children peeping at various interesting things, but not intended for the eyes of a child, our parents would catch us with the words: “The nose of the curious Varvara was torn off at the market”. And we understood what that meant, intuitively or consciously. In our article, we will deal with the meaning of this saying, and with whether it is good or bad to be curious.

Meaning

Imagine, some woman walks around the market, looks there, looks here, but she still has no money. And in one of the flea markets, she lost a very important part of her body for a person. Here is such an unpleasant story for her: a curious Varvara had her nose torn off at the market.

The proverb condemns excessive, mindless curiosity.

Curiosity and curiosity

In serious psychology textbooks you won't find the separation between inquisitiveness and curiosity, but it's very interesting nonetheless.

Curiosity is called thirstinformation that a person satisfies without any benefit to himself. For example, all people (both men and women, the former even more than the latter) love gossip. This is an example of pure, unadulterated curiosity, because how to use the information that Paris Hilton has a new lover, or that Ronaldinho's boots are made using solid gold, is completely unclear. Someone will ask: “Why do you need to know? And in general: the curious Varvara's nose was torn off in the bazaar. In some ways, Mr. Anonymous is right, but in some ways he is not. Moving on.

Another thing is the cases of Freud, Jung or books on science and philosophy. We will not be very modest and say that this article is also intended for the curious. It is still useful to know the language you speak or read. An inquisitive person does not seek information for its own sake, he has a purpose. And the saying “curious Varvara’s nose was torn off at the market” defames those who have no such goal.

True, in this sense, like almost everything in the world, knowledge is relative. Information about Paris Hilton's lover can be useful to a scandalous journalist who writes a fresh article on a hot topic. Ronaldinho boots, or rather information about them, can serve the sports commentator or journalist who seeks to entertain the reader or listener.

Even the most senseless, it would seem, thing - gossip, can be an object of both curiosity and curiosity. For example, you hear at work that one man is dating some woman. At first you think it's just curiosity, but then it turns out you canuse this information to move up the career ladder. Of course, this example teaches bad things, but we are talking here outside of moral categories. It is important for us to understand the difference between curiosity and inquisitiveness. We think everything is clear in this matter.

Gossip

Duty orders after the immoral previous section to say that it is very bad and low to use gossip against your colleagues or subordinates. Try not to turn to "black" technologies, even for the sake of a career. In general, you need to ignore various rumors, otherwise you can lose your nose, like the heroine of the proverb in question (“the curious Barbara’s nose was torn off at the market”).