How to identify a person who does not keep his word, i.e. changes the decision all the time? You can think for a long time, but in some situations, one expression that our article is devoted to is best suited. Today's topic: "The value of phraseology" seven Fridays in a week. " Consider also the origin, examples and synonyms.
Origin
In this case, without plunging into history, it is impossible to understand the meaning of speech circulation. Once upon a time, Friday was a day off. People free from labor obligations went to the bazaar to order any product, or vice versa - to give money for an already purchased thing. There was simply no other time. Accordingly, about those who did not fulfill their commercial obligations (either did not give money back on Friday, or did not bring goods that were already agreed on), they said: “Yes, he has seven Fridays in a week.” The meaning of phraseology (“seven Fridays a week” is meant) implies that a person who is defined in this way cannot be relied on to be unreliable and it is better not to have business with him.
Then, naturally, over time, Fridays became working days, market days were forgotten, and the expression and its meaning remained truncated. Today this is what they say about a person who quickly and easily changes his opinions, decisions, and maybe tastes.
Example. Student, teacher and student duty
Everyone knows the situation - the student needs to take something. In other words, he has a “tail” - a standard that has not been fulfilled during the session. And imagine that the teacher really wants this student to see in his department passing the exam (or test). We will name our heroes Sergey and Petr Petrovich. And once again, when the teacher hurries in pairs, he meets his beloved “tailed” student and asks him:
“Seryozha, when will you honor me with your presence and finally give me your debt?”
- Petr Petrovich, I just can’t! Maybe on Friday?
“You already tell me this for the third week.” When you don’t ask, you always say: “Friday!” Do you know the meaning of the phrase “seven Fridays in a week”?
“No, Petr Petrovich, I’m a physicist, not a lyricist,” Sergei answers with a smile.
“So, if you don’t come to me this Friday, you will be able to turn in only six months later!” And among other things, please prepare a story about the meaning of the expression I have indicated. By the way, with your obligation, as an illustration, you are perfectly suited to it.
We wish the poor student good luck, we hope that he will easily prepare the answer to the question - the meaning of phraseology “seven Fridays in a week”. It would be a shame because of such a trifle to fail the test (or exam).
“Do not feed me breakfast!” Phraseological synonym
If we talk about the phraseological replacement of the expression in question, then the formula indicated in the title is ideal. And the situations of use may not vary greatly.
For example, a person comes to a music store in search of a specific record and asks the seller:
- Do you have the Beatles White Album?
- Come tomorrow, maybe it will appear.
And so it goes on for a week. And well, if a person lives close, he went on the way home, asked and forgot about the failure. Imagine if he travels through the whole city, and to him: “Come tomorrow.” How long will it last? We think not too much. And once, on one of these visits, he would scream desperately, dumbing the seller: “How much can you feed me breakfast, eh? Whenever you ask, everything is “tomorrow” and “tomorrow!”
But he could have said fun and calmly: “Well, yes, I see that you have the saying“ seven Fridays in a week ”here at a premium. When you don't ask about vinyl, well, never! ”
The meaning and significance of modern expression and circulation, inherited from our ancestors, coincide.
And there’s a well-known song: “The heart of a beautiful woman is prone to treason and change, like the wind in May.” So, the line expresses approximately the same meaning as the saying. In this case, one should not think that the girl in these lines is accused of infidelity. In this case, only the fact that young women do not have even life guidelines and beliefs is stated. True, girls, like guys, are different.
Other synonymous words
Here is literally a list:
- unreliable;
- changeable;
- unreliable;
- optional.
We think that the reader will easily integrate these adjectives (or their replacement) into any suitable phrase. And the latter may well serve as an analogue of the expression "seven Fridays in a week." A synonym for the designated speech turnover should express human inconsistency on any issue or in general. Perhaps this is already clear.
Possible examples are left to the reader and his imagination.