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ITALIAN PROVERB
MARINARO QUE DORME, NO PRENDE PISCE.
Submitter comment:
LITERALLY TRANSLATED, PHRASE MEANS: A FISHERMAN WHO SLEEPS WILL NOT
CATCH FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
MODERN SAYING
"FLUNK NOW, AND AVOID THE JUNE RUSH."
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
PROVERB
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
POLISH PROVERB
MAS DRY GEUPEK PO SZKODZIE.
Submitter comment: MEANING: A FOOL GETS SMART AFTER THE HARM IS DONNE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
PROVERB
A FOOL SAYS ALL HE THINKS RATHER THAN THINKS ALL HE SAYS.
Submitter comment: SEEN ON A SIGN OF KRANDEL JEWELWER IN HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS FOR CONTRAST.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
A FOOL TAKES NO PLEASURE IN UNDERSTANDING, BUT ONLY IN EXPRESSING HI
OPINION.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
POLISH PROVERB
"MA,DRAJ GTOEVIE DOS,C, DIVIE STOEVIE."
TRANSLATION: FOR A WISE HEAD, TWO WORDS ARE ENOUGH.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: 7315 EMANON
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
FOR BETTER OR WORSE, BUT NOT FOR LUNCH.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; MARRIED LIFE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
FOR EVERY MILE YOU WALK, IT ADDS A DAY ONTO YOUR LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
JEWISH SAYING
FORGIVE THE ONE WHO HAS DONE YOU WRONG, GIVE TO THE ONE WHO DID NOT
GIVE TO YOU, JOIN WITH THE ONE WHO KEEPS APART FROM YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB: LITHUANIAN
DARBSCIAN RR ILGIAUSIA DIENA PERTRUMPA.
FOR THE HARD_WORKING PERSON THE LONGEST DAY IS TOO SHORT.
Where learned: 12111 SORRENTO
Keyword(s): INDUSTRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
PROVERB
FREEDOM FROM DESIRE LEADS TO INWARD PEACE. (LAV-TSE)
Where learned: NOT ENTERED
Keyword(s): LUST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT ENTERED
FRIENDS:
A FRIEND IS A PERSON NOT TAKEN IN BY SHAM,
HE KNOWS YOUR FAULTS AND DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THEOLOGY CLASS
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
PROVERB
FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS
PRECIOUS AND RARE
FALSE ONES LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
FRIEND:
FRIENDSHIP IS A GOLDEN KNOT, TIED BY AN ANGEL'S HAND.
Submitter comment:
HELEN CATLIN OF TOLEDO OHIO, SENT THE ABOVE, TAKEN FROM HER NINETY
YEAR OLD MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, TO BUD GUEST'S SUNNY-SIDE-OF-THE-
STREET-PROGRAM. I RECEIVED A CARBON COPY OF THE SCRIPT FROM WHICH
MRS. GUEST READ IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE A SHADOW, IT STAYS WITH YOU IN THE SUN, BUT ONCE
IT GETS DARK, IT'S NO LONGER WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
PROVERB
FRIVOLOUS PEOPLE TAKE SERIOUS THINGS LIGHTLY, AND LIGHT THINGS
SEROIUSLY.
Submitter comment: (WHILE LISTENING TO THE CLOSE OF A RADIO PROGRAM.)
Where learned: WXYZ RADIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERB
SPANISH: PANSA LLENA
SPANISH: CORAZON CONTENTO
TRANSLATION: FULL BELLY, HAPPY HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 1953 24TH ST
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THE FUTURE BELONGS TO HIM WHO KNOWS HOW TO WAIT.
Where learned: 5219 LAKEVIEW
Keyword(s): PATIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
A GENIUS IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A CRACKPOT UNTIL HE HITS THE JACKPOT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A FAVORITE SAYING OF A TEACHER AT MILLER HIG
IN DETROIT, ABOUT 1941, WHO WAS A FRUSTRATED INVENTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 13438 BONITA
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RECOGNITION OF GENIUS ; SUCCESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971