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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT.
Where learned: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
PROVERB
FAR AWAY, COWS HAVE LONG HORNS.
Where learned: 8603 Marygrove Dr
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
COWS
FAR AWAY, COWS WEAR LONG HORNS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS IN RELATION TO MEN ON BUSINESS TRIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
PROVERB: MOUNTAIN
THE FARTHER CLIMBED, THE HIGHER THE PASS; THE FARTHER ACROSS
THE DEEPER THE STREAM, THE ROAD OF ADVENTURE IN LIFE RUNS THROUGH
STEEP HILLS AND TROUBLED WATERS; MAN FINDS MORE DIFFICULTIES AS HE
PUSHES ON WITH HIS TASK IN THIS WORLD.
Submitter comment: SEOUL, KOREA
Where learned: MAXIMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
FAST DRIVING AND FAST LIVING MAY GET YOU TO THE FINISH LINE TOO SOON
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS IS HER FAVORITE SAYING TO HER HUSBAND WHILE
HE IS DRIVING. INFORMANT REPORTED IT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN
CUTTING DOWN HIS SPEED IN BOTH AREAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERB
FEAR HAS BIG EYES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5310 PROCTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-14-1968
PROVERB
THE FEAR OF A MAN MAKES HIM LIKE A WOMAN.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
FEAR
FEAR WILL FILL WITH POISON THE GOLDEN CUP OF LIFE.
Submitter comment:
HE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT LIFE.
WHEN I ASKED MY GRANDFATHER FOR A PROVERB, HE GAVE ME THIS ONE.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
PROVERB: AX
A FELLOW WITH AN AX IS NO MATCH FOR A WOMAN WITH A NEEDLE.
THE PRICK OF A NEEDLE GIVES ONLY A SMALL PAIN, BUT THE FALL OF THE
AX MEANS INSTANT DEATH. SO, AN AXMAN MUST SURRENDER TO A NEEDLEWOMAN
UNLESS HE IS REALLY ANGRY WITH HER, FOR HE DARES NOT WIELD HIS
MIGHTY AX OVER HER HEAD.
Submitter comment: SEOUL, KOREA
Where learned: MAXIMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001965S
METAPHORICAL SAYING
FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; 409 WASHINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
FINE WORDS BUTTER NO PARSNIPS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-10-1964
PROVERB FINGERS WERE MADE BEFORE FORKS.
Where learned: NOT ENTERED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
FISH AND VISITORS SMELL IN THREE DAYS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; 4001 W MCNICHOLS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
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
PROVERB
FLY PLEASURES AND THEY,LL FOLLOW YOU.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
FOOLS MAKE FEASTS, WISE MEN EAT THEM.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PROVERB
FOOLS MAKE FEASTS AND WISE MEN EAT THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
THE FOOL ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP HAS A BETTER VIEW THAN THE WISE MEN
IN THE VALLEY.
Where learned: 8603 Marygrove Dr
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
PROVERB
FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-10-1964
PROVERB
THE FOOT ON THE CRADLE AND THE HAND ON THE DISTAFF IS THE SIGN OF A
GOOD HOUSEWIFE.
Submitter comment: SPANISH SAYING
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): MOTHERHOOD ; SPINNING WHEEL ; SYMBOLS ; WORK, INDUSTRY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965