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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 DANCES MUST PAY THE FIDDLER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSICIAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
PROVERB
HE WHO DOES NOT USE HIS HEAD, USES HIS FEET.
Submitter comment: I HAD FORGET SOME BOOKS AT THE DORM I HAD TO WALK BACK TO GET THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
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 EXPECTS NOTHING WILL ENJOY EVERYTHING.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
HE WHO FEARS NOTHING STILL FEARS PEOPLE LAUGHING AT HIM.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): DERISION SCORN, SATIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
Date learned: 00001898 - 1905
PROVERB
HE WHO HAS MANY FRIENDS, HAS NONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USES THIS AS A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
PROVERB
HE WHO HAS NO FRIENDS IS AFRAID OF HIS ENEMIES.
EL QUE NO TIENE AMIGOS TEME A LOS ENEMIGOS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Data entry tech comment: MY MOTHER OFTEN TOLD ME THIS AS A CHILD IN THE BAHAMAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEAR OF ENEMIES.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
WER DEN PFENNIG NICHT EHRT, IST DER THALER NICHT WERT.
HE WHO HONORS NOT THE PENNY IS NOT WORTHY OF THE DOLLAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY ; THRIFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-13-1971
PROVERB
HE WHO IS WILLING TO WORK FINDS IT HARD TO WAIT.
Where learned: WEST AFRICA
Keyword(s): EAGERNESS ; THE WILLING WORKER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERB
HE WHO LAUGHS ON FRIDAY CRIES ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
PROVERBS
HE WHO PRAISES EVERYBODY, PRAISES NOBODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LACCK OF DISCRIMINATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERB
HE WHO POSSESSES A CONTENTED MIND POSSESSES ALL THINGS.
Where learned: HOME ; WARREN ; 24735 INDUSTRIAL HWY ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CONTENTMENT ; OVERSTATEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
PROVERB
HE WHO SMILES CARRIES THE SUN.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): OVERSTATEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
HE WHO GIVES
HE WHO TAKES BUT NEVER GIVES MAY LAST FOR YEARS BUT NEVER LIVES.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): LACK OF CHARITY OR GENEROSITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERB
HE WHO THINKS HE IS A BIG CHEESE USUALLY SMELLS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CONCEITEDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERB
THE HIGHER THEY GO THE FARTHER THEY DROP.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SUCCESS AND FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERB
THE HIGHER YOU FLY, THE HARDER YOU FALL.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SUCCESS AND FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
VOCABULARY
HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP.
Submitter comment: THESE ARE SAYIGS THAT DENOTE DISTANCES BY THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; 29501 GRAND RIVER AVE
Keyword(s): UNDERSTATEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-17-1970