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SOMETIMES YOU GET THE BEAR, OTHER TIMES
THE BEAR GETS YOU.
Submitter comment:
I SAID THIS TO MY ROOMMATE WHEN HE TOLD ME HE
WAS ENGAGED. HIS FIANCE'S NAME IS JAN BEARE.
THIS CAN ALSO APPLY TO A SITUATION IN WHICH,
LET'S SAY, ONE EITHER WINS OR LOSES A GAME,
PASSING OR FLUNKING A TEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SOMETIMES YOU GET THE ELEVATOR
AND SOMETIMES YOU GET THE SHAFT.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM A FRIEND AT HOME.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.
Submitter comment: A CHILD WILL BECOME A SPOILED BRAT IF HE IS NOT DISCIPLINED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
SPARE THE WHIP, AND SPOIL THE CHILD.
Submitter comment:
RANDY AND I WERE DISCUSSING A PERSON WHO WAS, IN OUR
OPINION, VERY INSULTING AND MOUTHY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SPEECH IS OF SILVER, BUT SILENCE IS OF GOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
GERMAN PROVERB
SPEECH IS SILVER, SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
REDEN IST SILBER, SCHWEIGEN IST GOLD. {GERMAN}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SPILT WATER CANNOT BE PUT BACK IN THE BASIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
SPRING HAS ARRIVED WHEN YOU SEE A ROBIN.
Submitter comment: FROM MY MOTHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
STAY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM MY MOTHER AND OTHER
PEOPLE SINCE CHILDHOOD.
SEE DORSON: BUYING THE WIND
NO. 1289 STAY ON YOUR OWN DUNGHILL. P.141
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
RUSSIAN PROVERB
STEEL GLOWS RED IN A FIRE, LIKE A PERSON
IN HIS BATTLE FOR TRUTH.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- V733 |
STEP ON A CRACK...
STEP ON A CRACK AND YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
SUPERSTITION - CHILD
STEP ON A CRACK (IN THE SIDEWALK) YOU BREAK YOUR
MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN DETROIT
Where learned: STUDENT UNION ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
STEP ON A NAIL, YOU BREAK YOUR TAIL!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; QUEEN OF HEAVEN SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A STERN CHASE IS A LONG CHASE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,
BUT NAMES CAN'T HURT ME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
STICKS IN THE BUNDLE ARE UNBREAKABLE.
{OR} THE AMERICAN VERSION: UNITED WE STAND;
DIVIDED WE FALL.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 4535 PINGREE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-15-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Submitter comment: QUIET PEOPLE DO AND THINK A LOT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
PROVERBS (POLISH)
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
CICHA WODA BRZEGI RWIE (POLISH).
IN AN OLD STOVE THE DEVIL LIVES (OR BURNS).
WSTANYM PIECU DIABEL PALI (POLISH)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TWO PROVERBS ON ONE CARD ?!
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
STIR WITH A KNIFE AND YOU STIR UP STRIFE.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES TIME {SIC??}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |