A saying with wolves is to live by howling like a wolf. The meaning of the expression “to live with wolves, howl like a wolf.” The Russian language is rich in expressions that mention wolves

Where are the people? It's so lonely in the desert...
- It’s also lonely among people.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince"

Sometimes I feel like I'm out of place. At the wrong time, with the wrong people... I'm not interested modern themes, new jokes and standards accepted by my generation. The release of a new video from a famous video blogger, the publication of another song that makes no sense, a heated discussion of “funny” phrases about the “worthlessness of life” - do not awaken in me a trembling desire to continue the conversation. I don’t understand, how can you discuss with such excitement every word, every movement of a person who films his attitude to life in such an unnatural way, while commenting on every step? And then also copy it in your behavior. That is, it turns out that it is not you who is speaking, but that same recognized “hero” from the television screen, and if someone, God forbid, did not understand your joke, then consider that you have nothing to talk about with him.

Without a doubt, each of them individually is very interesting person, which I can find an approach to. But when they come together, they become strangers to me... Only a feeling of loneliness appears, and with it, sometimes, rejection. You want to lock yourself in your cozy room and hide from the “strange” world around you, do what you like and not go outside. Previously, I tried to understand the meaninglessness of their conversations, pretending to be interested. Laughed like them; I joked like them, but all the time I felt “out of place.”

People say: “To live with wolves is to howl like a wolf.” For me, this adaptation was necessary for survival. But with age, a person’s attitude towards life changes, and I no longer want to put up with such frameworks. Having met over the course of my seventeen years a large number of absolutely different people, I begin to understand that somewhere there are my like-minded people - individuals who are also lost and confused in this world, with whom I can be myself without much effort.

However, that will come later...

George Santayana once said: “Society is like air: it is necessary for breathing, but not sufficient for life.” Having separated from the team, sooner or later I will strive to join the “pack” - this is obvious and inevitable. All that remains is to continue to look for an approach to people of different views, to devote more time to those with whom interests still coincide. Of course, with many of us our tastes and preferences are very different, but living as a “lone wolf” in this world is very difficult... It’s fortunate when you still managed to find a person close to you in spirit. Especially if it seems to interweave your worlds, yours is non-standard and someone else’s is generally accepted. It’s like he’s that little bridge, open to everything new and keeping within himself an interest in life of all times. I always admire his desire to support any topic with any person, while remaining himself - sincere, kind, decent, sympathetic, pure in soul and with a strong character. With him, any pack is nothing to me!

"To live with wolves is to howl like a wolf"- an expression that has its roots in the distant past. Our ancestors were closer to nature than we are. They knew the animal world, including the laws of the wolf pack.

It's not just a certain number of wolves. It has its own orders and a clear hierarchy, submission to the laws of life.

I suggest you remember the story of how little boy, who was lost in the forest, was fed and raised by a pack of wolves. When hunters chased wolves, they did not abandon a human cub, who simply physically did not know how to run like them. Actually, it was for this reason that the child came to people.

When you get to the wolves, you share the fate of their pack - all the good and all the bad, deprivation and prosperity, hunger and abundance.

The Russian language is rich in expressions that mention wolves:

The meaning of phraseology

The phraseology “To live with wolves is to howl like a wolf” means that once you find yourself in a collective/society, you involuntarily begin to live according to its laws, abandoning some of your life principles.

This expression is still relevant today. It is very vital and best characterizes certain aspects of human society.

Akela appeared in Britain in human form. Zoologist Sean Ellis adopted a pack of wolf cubs. Young predators recognized him as the leader. He teaches them to hunt, practices defensive combat with them, and sleeps on bare rocks. And the wolf cubs warm him with their bodies.

Unlike Akela, Sean Ellis has never missed a beat in his wolf-man life. But he is ready to give up leadership to the best student. He says that he has nothing to oppose to the wolf’s fangs. Our correspondent Anatoly Lazarev met today with the flock that man taught everything.

“This is my pack,” says Sean Ellis, and his words must be taken literally. He doesn't just watch these young wolves, who were abandoned by the she-wolf almost immediately after birth. He lives with them and teaches them “wolf wisdom.” 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. He is their leader.

Sean Ellis, zoologist: "This is where I sleep. Underneath open air. Right on the rock. No blankets or sleeping bags. Since I am the leader of the pack, the rest of the wolves lie down around me and warm me with their bodies, as it should be in a wolf community."

To live with wolves is to howl like a wolf. Sean’s role is by no means limited to this, although he cannot do without it. Today the flock is practicing a “defensive” howl. Sean taught them this.

It's time for the pack to go hunting. It’s too early for 8-month-old wolf cubs to comprehend tactics and strategy, so Sean starts with the basics. The main thing now is to explain to the wolves: what is running away from you is potential prey, and what is running towards you is already a potential danger.

Wolves consider their leader to be the one who protects the pack, makes decisions for it and obtains food. Sean is lucky in this sense: he has been working with these wolves since they were 7 days old. And now his task is to confirm his status as the leader of the pack every day.

Today the "hunt" was successful. The most delicious morsels - the offal - should, according to the wolf hierarchy, go to the leader. In this case, in order not to spoil his reputation, Sean has some boiled liver in stock. When the pack is starving and gnawing on bones, the zoologist secretly chews calcium tablets, because he should smell the same as other wolves. An alien odor can undermine authority. For the same reason - no soap, shampoo, cigarettes, sausage or cheese. The wolf cubs are still too young and good-natured; they have not used their impressive fangs for a long time, except during games. But Sean has no doubt that as soon as the opportunity arises to question his right to be leader, they will do it.

Sean Ellis, zoologist: “In a few months, this wolf will gain strength and, most likely, will try to challenge my leadership. I have nothing to oppose his fangs. I will have to give in. But, I hope, I will be able to remain in the pack as a wise old wolf, so that continue to pass on your “experience”.

The last wild wolf was shot by British hunters in the 17th century. Sean's dream is to restore the population. When his pets grow up, he wants to release them into the wild and is sure that the wolves raised by him will not cause trouble to people. Moreover, he will keep an eye on them. True, already from afar. “This will be a new generation of wolves that will respect people and their territory,” the zoologist hopes. Sean Ellis has not seen his real family - his wife and four children - for a month and a half. “They will come to visit me for Christmas,” says the zoologist, “however, we will still be on opposite sides of the enclosure.”

If you live with wolves, then howl like them

Living with wolves, howling like a wolf - you need to adhere to the rules of the majority, respect the traditions of the majority, be loyal to the demands of the majority, otherwise, at best - loneliness, at worst - the fate of an outcast, an outcast

The English equivalent of the saying “to live with wolves, howl like a wolf” When in Rome, do as the Romans do - when you are in Rome, do as the Romans

Director
Feel free to chop everything into tiny pieces -
And this vinaigrette will bring you success.
It’s easy for you to invent, it’s easy for us to imagine!
What good is it if you give them the “whole”?
After all, the public will tear him apart into pieces.
Poet
And you don't see how vile and shameful
Such a craft? Am I not an artist?
Trashy scribblers are empty dirty tricks
As you can see, it has become a rule
Director
Such a reproach cannot offend us;
After all, every person, having his own reason,
He takes the weapon that hits best.
Who is your audience, may I ask?
One comes to us to quench boredom,
The other, having filled his belly tighter,
He's in a hurry to digest lunch here,
And the third - which is perhaps worse for us -
He comes to judge us by the rumors from the newspapers.
For them there is only one thing - theater, balls and masquerades:
We drive all the people away only with curiosity;
And the ladies - they go to show off their outfits...
(Johan Wolfgang Goethe “Faust”, prologue about poets)

Analogues of the proverb “to live with wolves, howl like a wolf”

You're in a pack, don't bark, just wag your tail!
Caw like a crow with crows
Don’t measure by your own yardstick!
If you find yourself in the kingdom of the one-eyed, close one eye
Every hut is covered with its own roof
Everyone worships his own leg
Every bird has its own habits
To whom it's rotten, but to me it's nice
Either howl with the wolves or be eaten
Each wool beater strikes his own string
Like a city, it's a habit, like a village, it's a custom.
Every cook has its own rules

19 For although I was free from everyone, I made myself a slave to everyone, that I might gain more:
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win the Jews; to those under the law he was as one under the law, in order to gain those under the law;
21 To those who are strangers to the law, as one who is stranger to the law, not being a stranger to the law in the sight of God, but under the law of Christ, so as to win those who are strangers to the law;
22 He was like one who is weak to the weak, that he might gain the weak. to save at least some(1st Paul's letter to the Corinthians chapter 9)

When he asked whether it was necessary to fast on Saturday, Saint Augustine answered Saint Ambrose: “When I am in Rome, I fast with everyone else on Saturday, but here I don’t fast. so as not to cause or suffer temptation"