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POLISH PROVERB
SHE'S GETTING READY LIKE MISS {SLOW POKE} GUZDRALSKA FOR
HER WEDDING.
TOYBIERA SIE JAK PANNA GUZDRALSKA DO SLUBU (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THE NAME MISS GUZDRALSKA CAN BE TRANSLATED AS MISS SLOW-
POKE AND THIS CHARACTER IS KNOWN IN POLISH LITERATURE
AS A YOUNG MAIDEN WHO'S ONLY BAD TRAIT WAS HER TARDINESS.
I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
SHE IS HARD AS NAILS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
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SHINIER THAN A NIGGER'S HEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-05-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SKINNY AS A RAIL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
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SLICK AS NIGGER SHIT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
SLIPPERY AS AN EEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RETORT
SLOW AS A SNAIL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLOW AS SORGHUM IN JANUARY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SMART {SIC} AS A TACK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
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SMELLS LIKE A FRENCH WHORE
Submitter comment:
SAID OF PERSON, ESPECIALLY A MAN WHO HAS TOO MUCH COLOGNE
OR A NOTICEABLE PERFUMING THAT IS TOO SWEET, EFFEMINATE, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
A SMILE OF WELCOME IS LIKE A BEACON LIGHTING THE
DARKEST NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): HOSPITALITY KINDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V700 |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG.
Submitter comment:
WHEN SOME {ONE} IS CUDDLED UP IN A BED OR BLANKET, ONE
SAYS SHE IS AS...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-15-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SOFT AS COTTON
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SO THIN YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL
...STRAIGHT AS A DIE AND STIFF AS A RAMROD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684 ; 240 WASHINGTON ST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
STRONG AS AN OX
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
FINISH SAYING
STUBBORN AS AN OLD WOMAN
WHEN THROWN INTO THE RIVER
SWAM UPSTREAM INSTEAD
OF DROWNING DOWNSTREAM.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
MORAL PROVERB (PRIES ADSIAI)
SWALLOWING LIKE DOGS
Submitter comment: {TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN}
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SWEET AS SUGAR.
Submitter comment:
USED IN DESCRIBING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WHO IS OF
VERY PLEASANT NATURE.
INFORMANT USES THIS IN SPEAKING TO HIS WIFE. HE
DOESN'T REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST HEARD IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5855 MINOCK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1971
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...TALKED TO ME LIKE A DUTCH UNCLE.
Submitter comment:
{SAID} WITH MUCH VEHEMENCE; HUFFY AND BOSSY)
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-02-1970