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IT IS BETTER TO HAVE A BIRD IN YOUR HAND THAN 100 FLYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
TO BE A HEAD OF A FOX
IT IS BETTER TO BE THE HEAD OF A FOX THAN THE TAIL OF
A LION.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IT IS BETTER TO BE A BIG FISH IN A LITTLE PUDDLE THAN A
LITTLE FISH IN A BIG PUDDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
IT'S A WISE CHILD THAT KNOWS HIS OWN FATHER.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964(SUMMER)
IT'S A POOR BIRD THAT SHITS IN HIS OWN NEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OSCODA
Keyword(s): FECES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO GOOD.
Keyword(s): WEATHER SAILING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: ANYTIME {???}
IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN.
Keyword(s): LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1964
ARABIAN MAXIM (TRANS.)
IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO GET TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): HUNTING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT IS A LONG ROAD THAT HAS NO TURNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
Keyword(s): DRIVING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IT'S A BAD BIRD THAT FOULS ITS OWN NEXT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): FECES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
FORTUNE KNOCKS BUT ONCE,
MISFORTUNE IS MORE PATIENT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SEEN ON A SIGN IN FRONT OF THE WHITTIER HOTEL IN
DETROIT, MICHIGAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT REFERRED TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1971
IF YOU WANT TO HIT A DOG, YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND A STICK.
Submitter comment: {THIS IS FROM} MY FATHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
HONESTY ALWAYS STARVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; INDIA ; BOMBAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1970
TO A JAUNDICED EYE, EVERYTHING APPEARS YELLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; INDIA ; BOMBAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1970
THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THEY WHO WILL NOT SEE.
Submitter comment: FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF INFORMANT'S DECEASED MOTHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGLE {TANGO}.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
BREAD CAST ON TO THE WATER RARELY RETURNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
WET BIRDS DON'T FLY AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
Where learned: TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1970
MY EYES ARE BIGGER THAN MY STOMACH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): APPETITE ; COMPARISON ; EATING ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR