I found a scythe on a stone! It is not clear why this is so, but it is a fact! What do they mean when they say that a scythe found a stone? Where did the expression “a scythe found a stone” come from?
Lexical and semantic understanding of the phraseological unit “found a scythe on a stone”
The meaning of this expression can be defined as a collision of two different, and most likely, opposite, opinions, sides, thoughts, characters, etc. This is not just a random collision, but a purposeful impact of one side on the other. But unexpectedly for the first, the second side begins to give a serious rebuff. Just like the scythe, no one has ever been able to resist such strong and focused activity. But a random stone not only remained intact, but was also able to break a braid. The braid certainly didn’t expect this! For comparison, we note that in English the analogue of our phrase is translated as “a diamond cuts a diamond,” which defines a worthy, and not just any or random, opponent. On the other hand, the British already initially assume in such situations that they will have to give in to someone, even just out of necessity. The second English version - “one will not yield to the other” - brings us closer to the phraseological unit “two sheep collided,” which is quite legitimate. In any case, after such a meeting, neither the stone will have peace, nor the scythe will be able to continue working in the same spirit. But in our ordinary life, sooner or later someone will still have to give in, the only question is who exactly. Although in fact the following answer would be correct: reconciliation should be mutual.
But the French-language analogue of the phraseological unit: “for a bad rat, a bad cat” more emphasizes the privileges of one side over the other, although their two-sided stupidity notes to the highest degree than our scythe and stone. Therefore, in any case, the problem will not be easy to solve, except that it is colorfully visible that it is time for both of them to become wiser. But if no one wants to give in, then it’s not far from sin, then both of our sheep will fly into the water.
Practical application of phraseological units and ways out of situations when “the scythe found a stone”
Often the “braid” begins to work when a person takes the habit of behaving sharply, impudently, “cutting off” everyone around him, regardless of anyone.
And he doesn’t always come across a “stone” that can slow down such acceleration. In everyday life, “braids” are often found, but “stones” are very rarely lying on the field. After all, a “stone” is also in some way a daring person, but who also found the courage to rise up and confront where others simply sit back and remain silent. “Stone” is no less stubborn and unshakable. Agree that in a situation where a scythe hits a stone, no one wins. But on the other hand, sooner or later for each “braid” there is also a “pebble”. Sometimes big, sometimes smaller. From this perspective, “stones” provide an invaluable service to society and others, stopping the ongoing injustice. But, as often happens, human relationships are not always so unambiguous that it is so easy to characterize them and describe them figuratively. In personal relationships, you won’t find such positive results from a “found a scythe on a stone” situation.
Features of personal conflict relationships
Often the principle of close and family relationships suggests that one should give in to each other rather than resist. It is not appropriate to bring relationships into conflict situations, because getting out of them will be much more difficult. This is not a job that can be easily changed or where you can easily sit down at the negotiating table and leave all emotions at the door. Personal relationships are built on more subtle matter, which tends to be destroyed by conflicts to the ground. Then, hardly anyone will want or dare to find the strength, patience, skills and desire to resume and rebuild everything anew. But here innocent people suffer, and sometimes even their own children! But there are no hopeless situations. It is important that both sides show a desire for reconciliation, and that both also give in in their stubbornness. Somewhere the stone should chip, and somewhere the braid should give a chip.
It is clear that sometimes you don’t really want this, but here either both give in and soften the situation, or someone breaks down completely and any relationship ends. Only through concessions and mutual understanding can the conflict “found a scythe on a stone” be settled. It is better when “stones”, like taciturn people, nevertheless begin to communicate and calmly, without emotions, solve problems. Signs of attention, gifts and spending time together will be useful. In any case, it is necessary that the “braid” ceases to be a scythe, that is, abandons its style of behavior, and the “stone” gives in and softens, and does not persist in vain. Then both parties will only be left in a winning situation. Personal relationships are not a battlefield, but an economic field, always full of work. But don’t worry, because overcoming difficulties only strengthens the bonds and makes them stronger for external unfavorable actions. Don’t quarrel with each other, life already throws us many challenges. It is better to stand not against each other, but shoulder to shoulder. Then nothing from the outside and no one else will be afraid of you. Be smart and good luck!
FOUND A SPIT ON A STONE
The saying about stubborn reluctance to give in to each other is formed from a comparison: bumping into something, like a scythe bumping into a stone.
Handbook of phraseology. 2012
See also interpretations, synonyms, meanings of the word and what FOUND A SPIT ON A STONE in Russian in dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books:
- STONE in Wiki Quotebook:
Data: 2007-07-27 Time: 09:57:05 * Our rocky hearts are bound by love because you are unapproachable, like a stone, and I am... - SPIT
COMBAT - a polearm bladed weapon, transformed from an agricultural... - STONE in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons:
THROWING - a stone designed to be thrown using... - STONE in Miller's Dream Book, dream book and interpretation of dreams:
Stones in a dream warn of numerous difficulties and failures. Wandering among stones or rocks in a dream is a sign that this ... - SPIT
612444, Kirovskaya, ... - STONE in the Directory of Settlements and Postal Codes of Russia:
618342, Perm, ... - STONE in the Directory of Settlements and Postal Codes of Russia:
243247, Bryansk, ... - STONE in Medical terms:
(concrementum) in medicine, see Concrement... - SPIT
(AmaXosa, South Zulu, Kaffirs), a Bantu people in South Africa. 7.39 million people (1992). Xhosa language. Believers -... - STONE in the Big Encyclopedic Dictionary:
- KOSA GEOGRAPHER.
cm. … - BRAID HAIR in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Euphron:
see Dressings... - STONE in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Euphron:
With. Tomsk province, Barnaul district, approx. on the river Obi. It has been developing rapidly since the 80s of the last century, thanks to the proximity of the Siberian ... - SPIT in the Modern Encyclopedic Dictionary:
- SPIT
(self-names Amakhosa, Southern Zulu, Kaffirs) - a people with a total population of 7,400 thousand people, living mainly in the territory of the Republic of South Africa (7,395 ... - STONE in the Encyclopedic Dictionary:
[Latin camenae] in ancient Roman mythology, goddesses, patroness of the sciences and arts, identical to the ancient Greek ... - SPIT in the Encyclopedic Dictionary:
, -s, wines. braid and braid, pl. braids, braids, braids, w. Several long strands of hair are woven into a rope, and... - STONE in the Encyclopedic Dictionary:
KAMEHь, -mya, plural. -mni, -mney and (obsolete and simple) -menya, -menyev, m. 1. Solid rock in pieces or a solid mass, ... - SPIT
SPIT, a low and narrow alluvial strip of land, attached at one end to the shore, and at the other protruding towards the sea (rivers, ... - SPIT in the Big Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary:
XOSA (Xhosa), the language of the Xhosa people. Belongs to the Bantu languages. Writing based on Lat. ... - SPIT in the Big Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary:
NOSA (AmaXhosa, South Zulu, Kaffirs), a Bantu people in South Africa. Number 7.39 million hours (1995). Language braid Believers -... - STONE in the Big Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary:
ЌAMEN, rocky ridge; a hill composed of bedrock; rocky cliffs of river banks in the center and north of Europe. parts of Russia, on... - STONE in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedia:
? With. Tomsk province, Barnaul district, approx. on the river Obi. It has been developing rapidly since the 80s of the last century, thanks to the proximity ... - SPIT
braid", ko"sy, braids", ko"s, braid", ko"himself, braid", ko"sy, koso"th, koso"yu, ko"sami, braid", ... - SPIT in the Complete Accented Paradigm according to Zaliznyak:
braid", ko"sy, braids", ko"s, braid", ko"sam, ko"su, ko"sy, koso"th, koso"yu, ko"sami, braid", ... - STONE in the Complete Accented Paradigm according to Zaliznyak:
ka"men, ka"mni, ka"mnya, stone"th, ka"men, ka"m, ka"men, ka"mni, ka"mnem, stones"mi, ka"me, ... - SPIT in the Dictionary of epithets:
Braided hair. About size, shape; about the thickness and softness of hair. Twisted, wavy, thick, long, hard, liquid, twisted, braided, crimped, short, mousy, ... - SPIT in the Dictionary for solving and composing scanwords:
Agricultural implements, sometimes found on... - STONE in the Dictionary for solving and composing scanwords.
- SPIT
cm. … - SPIT in Abramov's Dictionary of Synonyms:
|| the scythe ran into... - STONE in Abramov's Dictionary of Synonyms:
rock, cliff; pebble, boulder, pebble, pebble; cobblestone, granite, flint, sandstone, flagstone, slate. See burden || throw a stone, cornerstone, on... - SPIT
pink salmon, zakosok, sastruga, hag, kosenka, plait, pigtail, kosonyka, lido, Lithuanian, motokos, nerung, shallow, strip, ... - STONE in the Russian Synonyms dictionary:
aventurine, agate, adularia, aquamarine, actinolite, alatyr, alabaster, alexandrite, almandine, amazonite, amethyst, Arkansas, bezoar, beryl, bentonite, turquoise, breccia, cobblestone, rubble, boulder, ... - SPIT
1. g. Several strands of hair on a person's head, braided together. 2. g. 1) An agricultural tool in the form of a narrow curved blade, ... - STONE in the New Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language by Efremova:
m. 1) Any solid rock in the form of a separate piece or continuous mass. 2) a) A separate piece of such a rock. b) ... - SPIT
- STONE in Lopatin’s Dictionary of the Russian Language:
to`stone, to`stone, plural. k`stones, -`ey and stones, -ev; but (in geographical names) K'amen, K'amnya, for example: D'enezhkin K'amen (mountain and reserve), ... - SPIT
braid, -s, wine. braid, plural braids,... - STONE in the Complete Spelling Dictionary of the Russian Language:
stone, stone, plural stones, -ey and stones, -yev; but (in geographical names) Stone, Stone, for example: Denezhkin Stone (mountain and reserve), ... - SPIT in the Spelling Dictionary:
kos`a, -`s, wine. k`os`u, pl. k`osy, ... - STONE in the Spelling Dictionary:
to`stone, to`stone, plural. k`stones, -`ey and stones, -ev; but (in geographical names) k'amen, k'amnya, for example: d'enezhkin k'amen (mountain and reserve), ... - SPIT
1 ! several long strands of hair woven into a rope. Braid, unbraid. Tight braid 3 coming from the shore... - STONE in Ozhegov’s Dictionary of the Russian Language:
! hard rock in pieces or a solid mass Throwing stones. On the heart of K. (translated: about a difficult mental state). TO. … - SPIT in Dahl's Dictionary:
wives narrow, oblique strip, wedge; Sib. cat (derogate. mow?) a long sandbank running like a wedge, a ridge from the shore; | long... - STONE in Dahl's Dictionary:
husband. , old Kamyk, Tver kama female the general name for any solid fossil, except pure metals or crushed stone, bead. Several liquid... - SPIT
(AmaXhosa, South Zulu, Kaffirs), the people of the Bantu group in South Africa. 7.39 million people (1992). Xhosa language. Believers are Christians. -... - STONE in the Modern Explanatory Dictionary, TSB:
1) rocky ridge; a hill composed of bedrock; rocky cliffs of river banks in the center and north of the European part of the Russian Federation, ... - FOUND
found, found, found. Cm. … - SPIT in Ushakov’s Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language:
braids, wine braid, plural braids, w. An agricultural tool for cutting grass - a long knife with a curved end, sharpened with one ...
“found... on a stone”
Alternative descriptionsSandy can also occur in humans and animals.
If a girl doesn't wear it from behind, she might "find a stone"
A low and narrow strip of land running from the coast towards the sea, a sandbank
Peasant tool
People of Africa
A low and narrow alluvial strip of land, one end protruding towards the sea
Weapon of Death
sand strip
Tributary of the Kama
Agricultural implement
Farm implements sometimes found on stone
Several long strands of hair braided into a rope
A type of hairstyle that is quite rare these days
Landform
Language of Africa
Lara Croft hairstyle
Lithuanian
A narrow strip of land running from the shore
. "grass cutter"
. "razor" for water meadow
Lithuanian woman in the field
Song by Leonid Utesov
Film by A. A. Rowe “Barbara the Beauty, Long...”
Name the main attribute of the Lithuanian goddess of death and plague - Giltene, often mentioned when describing funeral rites
For the girl it goes over the shoulders, and for the land it goes into the sea.
. “bent in an arc, in the summer - in the meadow, in the winter - on a hook” (riddle)
. “I eat grass and I dull my teeth; if I eat sand, I sharpen my teeth again” (riddle)
Growing to the waist
. “a girl with short hair won’t braid it” (last)
Grass knife
Tangle on a girl's head
Beauty of Varvara
The pride of a Russian beauty
. “found... on a stone” (last)
Agricultural implement, long curved knife on the handle
Walking Death Attribute
Maiden beauty
Feminine beauty
Snow Maiden's beauty
Braiding the red girl
Braided beauty
Found on a stone
Tangle on the head
Weapon during the period of suffering
Her girl gets braided
What does old woman Death have in her hands?
Braided hair
Deadly weapon
Haymaker's tool
Noseless gun
By the girls' shoulders, by the land in the sea
Braided long hair
Braided hair strands
. "braided" sandbank
. "hay" girl's hairstyle
Attribute of Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko's hair
agricultural implement
Hair caught in binding
The one who found it on the stone (pron.)
. "mow, ... while the dew"
. “The girl is sitting in prison, and... on the street”
Sandy or light brown
sandbank
Agricultural pink salmon
A strip of land jutting out into the sea
Weapons without a nose
Lithuanian grass harvester
Arbat Spit in Crimea
Grass cutting tool
. “mow... while there is dew” (proverb)
Tool for making hay
Hair macrame
Braided hair
Gun, Lithuanian
Long at Varvara's (tale)
Grass Harvesting Tool
Attribute noseless
Juan de la...(1460-1510) - one of the discoverers of America, one of the first Europeans to see its shores and the first to put them on the map
Pink salmon in the meadow
Shoal
Manual agricultural implement for cutting grass
Braided hair
Bent in an arc, in the meadow in summer, on a hook in winter
Natural feminine jewelry
A low and narrow alluvial strip of land, one end protruding towards the sea
River, tributary of the Kama
Language in Africa
Bantu people of South Africa
. "Braided" sandbank
. "Mow... while there is dew" (proverb)
. "Mow, ... while the dew is on"
. "Found... on a stone"
. "Weapons" of Death
. "Hay harvest" girl's hairstyle
. "The girl is sitting in prison, and... on the street"
. "Grass cutter"
. "found... on a stone" (last)
If a girl doesn't wear it from behind, she might "find herself on a rock"
G. narrow, oblique stripe, wedge-shaped; Sib. cat (decreased: koska?) a long sandbank running like a wedge, a ridge from the shore; a long curved knife, for cutting grass for hay, for removing bread from the root; will belittle pigtail; in this strip they are distinguished by the blade itself, and the butt, bent for strength, and the heel and toe. By means of a ring and a wedge, the scythe is placed with the heel on the scythe, braid, hard. Psk. Kosovo, eagle kosovinu, kosyovische sib. okosye. The braid is beaten with a special hammer on the headstock, sharpened with a spatula (a board with sand) and a block. You can't cut hay without a scythe. There is a lot of haymaking on the sharp scythe. The razor shaves and the braid shaves. The scythe lands (found) on a stone. scythe in hand, don’t wait for the weather. A scythe in the threshold protects from evil people, Vologda. It is a custom to embed an old braid into the threshold. If I eat grass, I dull my teeth; if I grab sand, I sharpen it again? braid A shadow came on Peter's Day, the shadow sat on a stump, began to chirp, only feathers flew? braid A shadow flew on Peter's day, a shadow sat down on a stump, a shadow began to cry: is the hair withering, is the oak grove noisy? braid The pike dives, destroys the entire forest, lifts mountains? mowing. Does a pike wag its tail in the sea, raising mountains? mowing. A pike is walking around the creek, looking for the warmth of a nest, where is the grass thick for the pike? braid The pike returned with a dejected tail (wagged): the forests have fallen, the mountains have become? braid The poor girl's beauty is the death's scythe. A scythe, in a paper mill, a cutter or chopper used to crumble rags. Braid gathered at the back of the head and esp. braided long hair; will belittle braid, braid, braid, braid. Cut off a girl's braid and disgrace her. A puklya is not a cannon, a scythe is not a bayonet, a dialect. Suvorov. Braid maiden beauty. Red beauty, light brown braid. A girl's braid is a beauty for the whole of Moscow (or the whole village). The girl's temper is covered with a scythe, her ears are hung with gold. Girlfriends braid a braid for an hour, and matchmakers for an age. Do not undo your braids until the evening dew; the betrothed will come and unravel it himself. The Annunciation girl does not braid her hair. The bobbed girl won't have time to braid her hair. By the braids with your hands, and in the sides and ribs with your fists. A rooster sits on the gate: braids to the floor, voice to the sky? bell. A braid, a belly feather of a red fish and a cart about. Measure red fish from the end of the tong (nose) to the braid. In general, any thing that looks like a tail, like a woman’s braid; braids at the hat, sib. long ears, for winding; braids on beer, kvass, flowing foam; braids on the hemp riot, the ends of the wires, rods with which the riot is connected. Scarf braids, ends; chapura's braids, feathers from which Cossack general sultans are made. Braids, small women's braids, braids. The rooster's braids and tail. Land, a strip, a ridge sticking out like a sharp wedge into the water; talk about flat, low-lying, esp. a sandy ridge, from which there is usually an underwater spit, a sandbank; sharp cape, mane, mane. Wandered behind the spit, or got into a swing, Volzhsk. lost his way and ended up in a rut. Spit grass, plant. Asarum europaeum, hoofweed. Braid f. women's braid; oblique edge, braid, slope; temple, lateral inversion of the forehead to the ear. Don't hit the pigtail. Valances, towels, carved boards along the slanting edge of a peasant roof. Strand of hair at the temples, esp. smoothed, curled; curly feather, etc. in a drake. Mane braid, selected hair from horse manes. A rash appeared on the body: red bast shoes with pigtails. Grief whitens the braid. He felt sorry for the crown of his head and hit him in the braid! comic Kosishcha, enlarged braid, in all meanings. Mow grass, talk into hay, mow, mow, cut with sweeps of a scythe (see also scythe). We did not mow these meadows. I mowed both with a scythe and pink salmon. Mow with rake, rake, hook, beam. I thought about mowing, but the rain mows me down and hits me. Wherever they tell you to mow, mow there, obey. -sya, to be mowed down. They glanced at someone else's. Mow the meadows. Finish off the leftovers. Move over the edge. The braid was askew, but not much. Mowed meadow, untended. Mow the haystack around. Mow each other, in starts. We looked away. They mowed along the interstices. They knocked him down to the roots. Warp again, a second time. Warp, mow in starts. The scythe touched and became dull. Mow the paths. It slanted at random and mowed down all the seedlings. Mowing lasts. Mowing mowing, action according to the meaning of the verb. Koshanina, Koshevina f. fallout or mowed place. Koshanina south Koshanitsa zh.vost. bread, mowed due to a poor grain harvest, for livestock feed. Mower, mower m. mower psk. hard Kosarikha whoever mows the grass works with a scythe. Mowing and threshing are men's work, but in some places women mow and thresh. The mower is also a large, heavy knife for splitting splinters and chopping bones, which is often made from a fragment of a scythe. A cleaver, a wide knife with a slope, an oblique; mower. Bring the kasar, execute him, chop up the mosquito! Resin mower. robber, highway robber, tailor with an elm needle. Kosovica, south zap. mowing, haymaking; meadow, pasture; time, it's mowing time. Kosari pl. tul. constellation, compiled by the people, at the head or beginning of the milky way. Kosariki pl. south song of mowers, mowers; plant wild geranium, with nosed seeds, oblique. Kosarev, Kostsov, Kosarihin, belonging to them. Kosaretsky, Kosetsky, related to them. tul. thief. Kosaretsky, in the form of a noun. Kosaretsky pig stuffed with porridge for Vasiliev's evening (not Caesarea?). Mower, related to mower. Mower m. making mowers. Mow the forest, mow down, cut undergrowth, the lower branches of a large forest, preparing it for felling, ice logging or clearing. Mow, hit, office. uptrb. in Vlad. hard etc. Pick, cut, cut, chop, crumble. Scythe, braided, braided, related to the scythe, to the shaft, to the handle of the scythe. Kosopravka, braid. killer m. bonfire. wooden spatula, with sand on resin, for the point of the braid. Kosotochny, related to the point of the braid. Scythe-setter, master of beating and sharpening a scythe. Oblique furnace, forge for forging qasim. Mowed grass, arch. convenient for mowing, tall and thick. Oblique, related to the head braid. Inert, related to the hair and iron braid. Oblique tapes. Bone steel. Kosovoy, related to a river spit. Spit Bank. Long-tailed, with a head braid, pigtails. Ortail drake. Braided, who has a long braid or braids. Braided girl. Killer whale a fork-tailed swallow, which has a tail of two long braids. A species of guinea pig or dolphin, Delphinus orca. Fish Trigia hirundo. Thumb. grow. Iris furcata. Killer whale, orca, a pebble that seems to be found in the stomach of swallows. Plant Acorus calamus, ir and calamus. The plant Iris pseudoacorus, cinquefoil, flatbread, chikan, cockerel, and in general various species of this genus, confused with calamus. Orca m. killer whale, -dot, -carcass w. affectionate greetings: my dear, my dear, my friend, my beauty, etc. Killer whale, belonging to a killer whale (swallow or friend). Orca's nest. Kasatka's eyes. Kosarka Iris furcata; braids pl. Iris germanica, scilla, carp. Kosach m. cock grouse, polyuchus, field grouse, whose tail is forked by pigtails. Kosachiy, related to the Kosach. Kosachnik is a hunter who deftly and successfully shoots scythes. Kosnik m. seller of hay crops. Braid point block: it is tougher than others. A ribbon in a braid, a bunch of ribbons hung by the girls, or a special flap, or a pad sewn with beads, on the end of the braid, sometimes on a copper buckle, a lower bow. Penz. a girl's headdress made of beads and netted; lower a woman's underwear cap, under a scarf; headdress. Kosienka perm. headdress of girls and young women; a headdress (scarf) on cap paper, decorated with flowers, lace and light pins. See also oblique. KosovniAk, plant. Aristida punges. Braid braid lace, braid, narrow ribbon woven into the end of the braid for fastening: braid, lapta, underlined pad (braid braid, see braid). Braid, braid, in the first meaning. Embrace girlish beauty, vernacular. matchmaker to the bride's parents, serving her braided hair on a plate. My friend is separated, the matchmaker is a brat. INDIRECT, -ness, see oblique
Lithuanian mower
Film by A. A. Rowe "Barbara the beauty, long..."
What is in the hands of the old woman Death
. "razor" for water meadow
. "bent in an arc, in the summer - in the meadow, in the winter - on a hook" (riddle)
. “I eat grass - I dull my teeth, if I grab sand - I sharpen my nerves again” (riddle)
. “a girl with short hair won’t braid it” (last)
. “a girl is sitting in prison, and... on the street” (riddle)
Lithuanian, but not a lady
What can a girl braid?
Lithuanian, but not Baltic
Narrow strip of sushi
. "Hay harvest" girl's hairstyle
We have all once heard the expression “I found a scythe on a stone.” Those who have never held this agricultural tool in their hands do not know that the subtlety of its use lies in sharpening and beating. Not everyone can produce them competently and correctly; skill is required. First, they hit the canvas with a hammer so that small nicks appear, which are then sharpened with a whetstone. Then the scythe turns out sharp, cutting the grass like a razor blade. But you need to hit it carefully so that there are no dents that you can’t get rid of later. So the work is delicate.
The work of a mower is extensive, you shouldn’t strain yourself too much, otherwise you’ll quickly get tired, but you need to act energetically. And suddenly - bam! - found a stone. After hitting a hard object, the tool fails, sometimes it requires editing, and often irreparable damage occurs.
This happens not only during field work. A person gets excited to do something, but suddenly an unexpected obstacle arises. The consequences of ill-thought-out habitual and routine actions lead to the most disastrous results. Where resistance was not expected, it was suddenly provided, and quite effectively.
There are many examples. Here is a rude boss, who habitually is rude to his subordinates, who are forced to endure his tyranny, suddenly gets hit back, and from some newcomer who has been working for almost a week. He is enraged and wants to inflict brutal reprisals on the recalcitrant, but suddenly it turns out that the top management has its own designs on the recently hired employee and stands up for him. There are whispers in the team - “I found a scythe on a stone.” The meaning of this expression is symbolic, two material objects - merciless and sharp steel, never tested by such loads, and the hard, also in its own way merciless essence of stone, which does not care about collisions with iron. This actually expresses the essence of personal conflict.
Or here’s another example, this time from politics and history. Acting brazenly and decisively, Adolf Hitler captured most of Europe using the same technique - rapid maneuver and coverage of his opponents' troops with mobile motorized tank formations. So far, relatively small countries with weak economic potential have been attacked, and everything has gone like clockwork. But the Fuhrer decided to attack the USSR. At first, the usual strategy gave results, but then the scythe hit the rocks, the Union turned out to be stronger than expected, and it turned out that things were not very good for Germany, one might even say bad. Everyone knows how it ended.
So, the meaning of the idiom is generally clear. The fact that a scythe often symbolizes aggression, and a stone symbolizes resistance, is explained by its figurative meaning; in real life, a “Lithuanian” is more likely a useful tool, and a boulder is a harmful hindrance. There may be a certain contradiction in this. Therefore, the expression “a scythe on a stone” is also used in cases where both conflicting parties are wrong. An example is that a mother-in-law, accustomed to commanding the house, is faced with a son-in-law who does not want to give in on anything and demonstrates his independence by contradicting her in everything, even when one could agree. There are many jokes on this topic... By the way, such relationships also happen between daughters-in-law and mother-in-law.
In any case, when they say that a scythe has found a stone, the reason for this is the lack of flexibility of opponents and their reluctance to make mutual concessions. Let's be softer and kinder!
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