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DUTCH PROVERB
"VIER HANDEN OP EEN BUIK", TRANSLATED IT MEANS, FOUR HANDS
ON ONE STOMACH. THE DUTCH PROVERB EXPRESSES A FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
DON'T LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING.
Submitter comment:
THIS STATEMENT MEANS DON'T TELL YOUR PRIVATE AFFAIRS TO PEOPLE
YOU THINK ARE CLOSE TO YOU. SOME THINGS ARE PERSONAL AND SHOULD
BE KEPT TO YOURSELF. MY GRANDMOTHER PREACHED THIS RELIGIOUSLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
THE WALLS HAVE EARS.
Submitter comment:
THE WALLS HAVE EARS WAS SAID BY MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO HER
CHILDREN WHENEVER THEY WERE LOUD. IT IMPLIED TO LOWER YOUR VOICE
SO THE NEIGHBORS WON'T HEAR YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1979 ; CA00001949
PROVERB
HE WHO EATS THE FASTEST GETS THE MOSTUST.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER SAYS THIS FOLLOWING EVERY FAMILY MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
IT ALL COMES CLEAN IN THE WASH.
Submitter comment: MEANING: THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
PROVERB
WOMEN HAVE SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUGHTS AT ONCE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID THIS.
SEXIST COMMENT, ANTI-FEMINISM
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): THINKING
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE TILL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU.
Submitter comment: METAPHOR, REIDERATION
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
HOPE KEEPS LOVE ALIVE
Submitter comment: HEARD AS A CHILD AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
HUNGER WILL LEAD A FOX OUT OF THE FOREST.
Submitter comment: COULD REFER TO ANYTHING BEING LED BY A DRIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; MOTIVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
COLD HANDS, WARM HEART.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN ELLIPSIS. USES METONYMY, TEMPERATURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
ALL THAT'S REQUIRED IN ENJOYING SAUSAGES OR LOVE IS ENJOYMENT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID AS A TYPE OF JOKE. A TYPE OF SIMILIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING ; ZEUGMA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
CAMARON QUE SE DUERME SE LO LLEVA LA CORRIENTE, WHICH MEANS THE
SHRIMP THAT FALLS ASLEEP WILL BE TAKEN AWAY BY THE CURRENT. IT IS
SAID TO A PERSON WHO LOSES A GOOD OPORTUNITY BY NOT PAYING
ATTENTION.
Where learned: LATIN AMERICA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
D R ALT BULL BLAERRT FAERT BIS IN DI EWICHKEIT
THE OLD BULL BELLOWS ON FOREVER
Submitter comment: TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH
Where learned: CULINARY ARTS PRESS ; PAGE 23
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
PROVERB
OLD CHINESE PROVERB IS THERE IS GOLD IN BOOKS
Submitter comment: TOLD DURING A LECTURE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB STATES
A DOLLAR EARNED 99 CENTS SPENT EQUALS HAPPINESS
A DOLLAR EARNED $ 1.01 SPENT EQUALS UNHAPPINESS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
PROVERB
THE OLDER THE FIDDLE THE SWEETER THE TUNE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
THE OLDER THE GOAT THE HARDER ARE HIS HORNS
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
OLD MEN AND OLD WOMEN MAKE GOOD SOUP
Submitter comment: SAID IN REFERENCE TO CHAPERONES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1968