своя ноша не тянет

• СВОЙ НОША НЕ ТЯНЕТ{{}}

[saying]

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⇒ things that a person does or chooses to do for himself, his family etc do not seem burdensome, tiresome etc:

- ≈ a burden of your own (of your own choice, that you choose) is not felt;

- your own burden doesn't hurt you;

- burdens you choose don't weigh you down.

     ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Ox, захлопоталась я нынче совсем, моченьки моей нет. Отдохнуть присесть. [Добротворский:] Что ж, свои ведь, сударыня, хлопоты. Своя ноша не тянет, говорится пословица (Островский 1). [А.Р.:] I'm utterly worn out to-day, I haven't any more strength. Let's sit down and rest. [D.:] What of it, they're your own worries, madam. "Your own burden doesn't hurt you," says the proverb (1b).

     ♦ Чем дальше, тем чаще старуха отдыхала, прикладываясь мешком к близлежащим заборам. Однако ж, говорят, своя ноша не тянет (Войнович 2). The farther she went, the more often the old woman stopped to rest, leaning the sack against the nearest fence. However, as the saying goes, burdens you choose don't weigh you down (2a).