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METAPHOR
I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU.
Submitter comment: (MEANS "I WANT TO TALK TO YOU" IN THE NATURE OF A SCOLDING.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WARNING
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
SPEECH (EXPRESSIONS)
I HAVE HIM WRAPPED AROUND MY LITTLE FINGER.
Submitter comment:
WHEN A PERSON WISHES TO EXPRESS HIS CONTROL OVER ANOTHER.
ANOTHER WAY OF EXPRESSING THIS WOULD BE TO SAY "I HAVE HIM UNDER MY
THUMB"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DOMINATING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
I KNOW HOW MUCH I PAID FOR MY GRANDMOTHER BEFORE SHE WAS SOLD.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY MY MOTHER THIS SUMMER INTERPRETATION, (I CAN GIVE YOU MORE
ADVICE BECAUSE I'VE LIVED LONGER.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): ADVISING
James Callow Keyword(s): WISDOM ASSUMED TO RESULT FROM AGE
Date learned: 09-00-1967
THE BEAR WAS IN THE BUCKWHEAT...
I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THE BEAR SHIT IN THE BUCKWHEAT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERB
"I'M AS TIRED AS A HESPERUS"
Submitter comment:
A SAYING I COLLECTED THAT IS SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE
THAT THE ORIGNAL MEANING WAS FORGOTTEN BY THIS INFORMANT, AND
IT IS JUST A PROCLAMATION OF BEING TIRED. A HESPERUS IS AN
EVENING STAR AND THUS THE SAYING MIGHT HAVE COME FROM THE FACT THAT
PEOPLE USUALLY ARE TIRED WHEN THE EVENING STARS COME OUT AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
SAYING
I'M TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF
Where learned: 7625 WESTWOOD
Keyword(s): STARTING A NEW CHAPTER IN LIFE BY MENDING MY WAYS
James Callow Keyword(s): RESOLUTION TO BEGIN ANEW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00001950'S
SAYING
HOLY BOUQUET OF BALD HEADED BLACK CATS' ASSHOLES}
Submitter comment:
THIS PHRASE WAS USUALLY TOLD BY MY GRANDFATHER IN PLACE OF THE
EXCLAMATION, "HOLY COW".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
EXPRESSION
TICKLED PINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
PHRASES OF A MATH TEACHER
ASK ME THAT TOMORROW.
AT LEAST KEEP SILENCE DURING THE PRAYER.
Submitter comment: CORRECTIVE
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
I GOT THE DIRTY END OF THE STICK.
Data entry tech comment: MEANING THE POORER END OF THE BARGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS EXPRESSION IN THE U. S. ARMY IN 1947.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
CUSTOMARY SAYING
UP THE WOODEN HILL.
MEANS UP THE STAIRS AND TO BED.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER AND MOTHER USED TO SAY THIS.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
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WHY DID THE MORON THROW A CLOCK OUT THE WINDOW?
HE WANTED TO SEE TIME FLY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): RIDDLE JOKE: MORON JOKE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
WHY IS BOWLING A QUIET GAME?
YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP.
Where learned: HOME ; 2319 TROMBLEY
Keyword(s): GAMES: BOWLING ; RIDDLING QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
SUPERSTITION
IN GERMANY, INSTEAD OF SAYING KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED, THEY SAY
KEEP YOUR THUMBS PRESSED. MEANING THE THUMB OF EACH HAND TO A
FOREFINGER.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THROW IT TO THE DIRT AND LET THE RAIN SETTLE IT.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS TO PUT PROBLEMS ASIDE AND LET THEM WORK THEMSELVES OUT.
Where learned: NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
PROVERB
YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE
Submitter comment:
RHYME OF SNOOZE AND LOSE, REPETITION OF THE WORD YOU. USE OF
ELLIPSIS. IT MEANS TO ME THAT IF YOU ARE NOT ALERT YOU MAY MISS
SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
WEATHER PREDICTION
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN, QUITS BEFORE ELEVEN.
Submitter comment:
USE OF RHYME WITH THE WORDS SEVEN AND ELEVEN AND REPETITION OF THE
WORD BEFORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.465 PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
PROVERB
A BARKING DOG NEVER BITES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID IT MEANT THAT TALKING CAN PREVENT VIOLENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
PROVERB
A CHAMPAGNE APPETITE AND A BEER SALARY.
Submitter comment:
A MEANING GIVEN BY THE INFORMANT WAS, THAT IT MEANT LIVING ABOVE
YOUR INCOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1950