Look through any dictionary of phraseological units of the Ukrainian language - you will be surprised how accurate sayings have appeared among the people, about which we don’t even know anything. For example, have you heard the phrase “you have appeared among the people, about whom we know nothing?”. For example, chi chuli vi the phrase \?

Blogger and radio host Olga Bagniy told her subscribers about her. She posted the explanation on her TikTok..

“It happens that we spend too much effort on something that is not worth it and does not bring the desired result. In such cases they say that the game is not worth the candle,” Olga recalled.

At the same time, she suggested another saying that can be used in this situation.

And this is precisely the phraseological unit “there is a place to eat within a mile”.

To explain the meaning of the statement, it should be mentioned that jelly was a fairly common everyday dish among our ancestors. It was prepared from ordinary products and consumed in every home. This means that there really was no point in walking seven miles solely for the sake of tasting jelly.. By the way, a verst is a little more than a kilometer, that is, the distance in phraseological units is actually indicated to be considerable.