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OLISH PROVERB
TO MAKE PITCHFORKS OUT OF NEEDLES
Submitter comment:
POLISH: Z IGHTY WIDTY ROBIC.
THIS IS USED LIKE THE ENGLISH SAYING: TO MAKE A MOUNTAIN
OUT OF A MOLEHILL.
I KNOW IT FROM HOME.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.
Submitter comment:
WHEN DAVE REALIZED THAT HE HAD TOO MANY PROJECTS DUE FOR
HIS COURSES IN THE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE HES SUMMARIZATION
WAS THE FOLLOWING:
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
TO PATCH
Submitter comment:
TO PATCH, AS UNDERSTOOD TODAY MEANS TO EXPRESS ONE'S
POLITICAL VIEWS.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-11-1969
COMMON EXPRESSION
TO PUT SOMEONE DOWN
Submitter comment:
THE EXPRESSION "TO PUT SOMEONE DOWN" IS COMMON. IT MEANS
"TO DO OR SAY ANYTHING DEROGATORY ABOUT SOMEONE. SHE SAYS,
"IT'S COMMON TO HEAR IT ANYWHERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-08-1967
POLISH PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO RIDE THE RYGA
Submitter comment:
POLISH: JECHAC DO RYGI
THIS IS A POPULAR EXPRESSION MEANING THAT ONE WANTS TO
VOMIT. RYGA IS IN THE NORTH OF POLAND AND IT'S NECESSARY
CROSS STORMY WATER TO REACH IT, OFTEN RESULTING IN SEA-
SICKNESS. MY MOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND, AND THE
EXPRESSION IS USED IN OUR FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
TO SIP SORROW WITH THE SPOON OF GRIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SADNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
FLEMISH PROVERB
Submitter comment:
MAYBE IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE FOR SOMETHING OR AGAINST
SOMETHING - NOT IN BETWEEN. THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN THE
INFORMANT WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INDECISION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
TO THE MANNER BORN
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): RICH AFFLUENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TOUGH
TOUGH, ROUGH, AND HARD TO DIAPER.
Keyword(s): BABY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
BUT HE GOT IT DONE!
TYPING DOWN TO THE WIRE.
Submitter comment:
THE AFTERNOON OF AN EXAM IN A FOLKLORE CLASS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, MR. PAULSEN, OUR PROFESSOR, CAME IN
AND INFORMED US THAT HE DID HAVE THE EXAMINATIONS FOR US,
AND THAT HE HAD BEEN....
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-23-1965
INDIAN EXPRESSION
WALKING WITH A TUMBLER HALF FULL OF WATER
Submitter comment:
THE MAN WHO KNOWS NOTHING OR LITTLE ABOUT A SUBJECT
IS DESCRIBED AS....
THIS IS BECAUSE A PERSON WHO IS KNOWLEDGABLE ON A
SUBJECT (ONE WITH A FULL TUMBLER) WILL BE CAREFUL AND WILL
SPILL NONE. THE NOT-SO-LEARNED WILL TALK OF ALL HE KNOWS
THOUGH IT IS LITTLE, JUST AS THE PERSON WITH THE HALF-FULL
GLASS IS CARELESS AND SPILLS SOME HERE AND THERE
Where learned: 59 SEWARD AVE
Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-29-1968
WE CAN'T ALL BE FASHION PATES!
Submitter comment:
WHENEVER MY MOTHER DIDN'T LIKE WHAT ONE OF US CHILDREN
WORE, OR IF SHE SAW ANYONE DRESSED GARRISHLY, SHE WOULD
SAY WITH CONSIDERABLE DISDAIN: "UBRALASZ SIE (UBRAL SIE)
JAK DIABEL NA ZIELONE 'SWIATKI."
(YOU DRESSED (HE DRESSED) LIKE A DEVIL FOR THE FEAST OF
THE PENTECOST.) IN ADDITION, IF WE DIDN'T GER A NEW EASTER
OUTFIT, TO WEAR ON EASTER DAY, THAT IS, WE ALWAYS TRIED TO
HAVE A NEW OUTFIT, OR AT LEAST A NEW ACCESSORY, FOR THE
FEAST OF THE PENTECOST. I NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SAYING OR TRADITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1965
FOLK SPEECH
WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON.
Submitter comment: (MEANING "WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO")
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
IRONICAL PROVERB
WHAT, WERE YOU BORN IN A BARN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A VARIANT OF ONE IN DORSON'S "BUYING THE WIND"
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
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RIDING NIGGER
WHEN A PERSON RIDES ALONE IN THE BACK SEAT, HE IS CONSIDERED
TO BE RIDING "NIGGER."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19176 STRASBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-12-1970
PROVERB
WHIPPING BOY.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
WHY SWALLOW AN ELEPHANT?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WITH LARD IN MY HAIR, AND MY EARS PINNED BACK . . .
Submitter comment:
MEANING: IN A VICTIMIZED POSITION, FROM EMBARRASSMENT OR
PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 49684 ; ; TRAVERSE ; 240 WASHINGTON ST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WITH LARD IN MY HAIR, AND MY EARS PINNED BACK . . .
Submitter comment: MEANING: DRESSED UP SMARTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 49684 ; ; TRAVERSE ; 240 WASHINGTON ST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERB: ROT YOUR SOCKS
WOULDN'T THAT ROT YOUR SOCKS?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN