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DRINK
HE'S ALWAYS AT THE BOTTLE
Submitter comment: HE ALWAYS DRINKS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): METONYMY: CONTAINER FOR THE CONTAINED. ; PHRASE METAPHOR DRINKING HABITS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
DYING
HE'S WALKING SLOW, BUT HE'S GOING FAST.
Submitter comment:
WHEN A MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL IS FAILING AND DYING FAST THE IRISH
SAY THIS.
JUDY LEARNED THIS FROM THE IRISH INTERNS WHEN SHE WAS WORKING AT
MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): HEALTH ; METAPHOR PROVERBIAL PHRASE DEATH OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
SPEED
HE'S NOT AS FAST AS THE BOTTOM STONE IN THE MILL.
Submitter comment:
NOT TOO FAST
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
EXPRESSIONS OF UGLINESS
HE IS AS UGLY AS: "AN OLD FENCE POST." "A MUD POST." "A HOMEMADE
FENCE." "HOMEMADE SIN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIMILE COMPARISON CONTRAST UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
POVERTY
GOT Y JAK SIVIETY TURECKI.
HE'S BARE LIKE A TURKISH.
SAINT:.
Submitter comment:
USED IN REFERENCE TO ANYONE WHO IS EXTREMELY POOR.
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER WHO OFTEN USES IT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): POVERTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
HIGH AS A KITE
HE'S COOKING WITH HELIUM.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PHRASE METAPHOR HEIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-24-1969
ARABIAN SAYING
HE IS LIKE A RICE PADDY, UNDER THE MUD IS WATER.
Submitter comment:
COMPARING A PERSON WITH A FALSE FACADE TO A RICE PADDY, WHICH HAS A
COVERING OF MUD AND SILT OVER THE WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): DISSEMBLER HYPOCRITE DECEIVER PRETENDER IMPOSTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
HE'S ONLY A WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
HELL IS HEAVEN ENJOYING ITSELF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
A POLISH PROVERB
HE MADE OUT LIKE MR. ZABTOCKI ON HIS SOAP.
IVYSZEAT JAK ZABTOCKI NA MYDLE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED WHEN ONE TAKES UP A PROJECT HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT AND
IT FALLS THROUGH. MR. ZABTOCKI HAD GONE INTO THE SOAP BUSINESS BUT KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT IT ,HE LOST OUT.
MY MOTHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB AND STORY FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAME ; POLISH PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
IRISH PROVERB
THE HEN SEES THE DAWN, BUT LETS THE ROOSTER CROW ABOUT IT.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
FIGURE OF SPEECH SAYING
HE STORMED UP A CAT.
Submitter comment: MEANING HE RAISED A FUSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMINAL MATAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
FOUR SHEETS IN THE WIND.
HE WAS FOUR SHEETS IN THE WIND.
IN REFERENCE TO ONE WHO WAS SLIGHTLY INEBRIATED.
Submitter comment: HEARD SAID BY DORA ENGLAND, MY BROTHER'S ELDERLY MOTHER IN LAW.
Where learned: 1994 FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
HE WHO DOESN'T WORK DOESN'T EAT.
CHI NON FATICA, NON MANGIA.
Submitter comment: ON THE WALL IN THE INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PARALLELISM ; WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO GOES FORTH WITH A FIFTH ON THE FOURTH, MAY NOT GO
FORTH ON THE FIFTH.
Submitter comment: READ IN PARISH BULLETIN. ALSO APPEARED IN READER'S DIGEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
HE WHO HESITATES IS NOT ONLY LOST - HE'S MILES AWAY FROM
THE NEXT FREEWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
WER ZULETZT LACHT, LACHT AM BESTEN. THE ONE WHO HAS THE LAST
LAUGH IS SURE ABOUT HIS LAUGH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMER HEARD THIS IN ROSENBURG, GERMANY AND DETROIT. ENGLISH
VARIANT- HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, LAUGHS BEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): REPETITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHETGM MAXIM
HE WHO MIXES BUBBLES AND BOOZE, WILL WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING
WEARING HIS SHOES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY UNCLE WHO IS ONLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLDER THAN
MYSELF. THIS WAS TOLD AT A WEDDING RECEPTION WHERE CHAMPAIGN WAS
BEING CONSUMED ALONG WITH HARD LIQUOR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; TOLD AT ; 1542 HIGHLAND AVE ; WEDDING RECEPTION
Keyword(s): CHAMPAGNE ; GETTING DRUNK
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
TIGER PROVERB.
HE WHO RIDES A TIGER DARE NOT DISMOUNT (EAST INDIAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; OFFICE ; BRIGGS 338 ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WILD ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
CHINESE PROVERB
HE WHO RIDES THE BACK OF A TIGER NEVER KNOWS WHERE OR WHEN HE WILL
FALL OFF.
Where learned: CHINA
Keyword(s): WILD ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |