🤖 Literally, in English
“Whatever the house is rich in, it is glad to give.”
Чим хата багата, тим і рада. Chym khata bahata, tym i rada
🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →
🇬🇧 What you'd actually say
“Help yourself to whatever we have.”
also: “It's simple, but you're welcome to it.” · “This is what we've got — please eat.”
- 📖 Meaning
- A host offers everything they have, however modest.
- 💡 Why it's funny
- The literal version personifies the house as the generous one, quietly removing the host from any credit.
- 🧭 Closest English idiom
- No direct English equivalent. English hosts say 'it's nothing fancy' or 'help yourself', but there is no fixed idiom that both apologises for the modesty of the food and insists warmly that you take it.
- 📝 Explanation
- Said while putting the food on the table, usually with genuine warmth and slight embarrassment.
- 🏛 Cultural context
- Pairs with 'Гість у хату — Бог у хату'; together they are the two halves of Ukrainian hospitality etiquette.
🧠 Learn
- help yourself (phrase) — take as much as you want — пригощайтеся “Help yourself to the bread.”
- modest (adjective) — not large or expensive — скромний “It was a modest meal but delicious.”
🗣 In context
Сідайте, чим хата багата, тим і рада.
Sit down — help yourself to whatever we have.
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