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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO MATTER HOW THICK OR THIN YOU SLICE IT, IT'S STILL BALONEY
Where learned: UNKNOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): FALSEHOOD ; SLANG ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NONE ARE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO CAN'T SEE
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; PUN ; STUBBORNNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR-- FLEMISH
NO NEED FOR CANDLELIGHT OR MONOCLE IF THE OWL IS BLIND.
NO USE IN ARGUING. THE OTHER PERSON DOESN'T LISTEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
FROM BELGUIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
PROVERB ABOUT AN ANT
NONE PREACHES BETTER THAN AN ANT AND SHE SAYS NOTHING
Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL SEMINARY JOKE
Where learned: CONNECTICUT ; STAMFORD ; SAINT GREGORYS SEMINARY
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLERGY ; IRONY ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO ONE CAN SEE THE HUMP OF HIS OWN BACK BUT EVERYONE ELSE CAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NOSE IS BLOWN ON THE COOKED PORRIDGE.
IF ONE BLOWS HIS NOSE ON THE PORRIDGE THAT HAS ALREADY
BEEN COOKED IT CAN NOT BE EATEN SO THIS IS SAID OF SOMETHING
WHICH SUDDENLY FAILS AT THE MOMENT OF SUCCESS DUE TO AN
UNFORESEEN ACCIDENT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN BECAUSE IT SHINES. THIS REFERS
TO THE IDEA THAT EXTERNAL BEAUTY AND QUALITY ARE DISTINCT
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVE IN UKRAINE
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS UKRAINIAN TEXT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
A POLISH PROVERB
NOT EVERYTHING IS GOLD THAT SHINES
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB FROM USE IN POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT EVERYTHING THAT SPARKLES IS GOLD BECAUSE THE SUN COMING
THROUGH A HOLE SPARKLES BUT IS NOT GOLD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
PROVERBS OF A MATH TEACHER
NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS
James Callow comment: CREDIT SHOULD GO TO OSCAR WILDE--F. M. PAULSEN
Where learned: UNKNOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): GOOD FORTUNE ; IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; SUCCESS BREEDS ITSELF
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-04-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING LOST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOTHING VENTURE, (SIC) NOTHING GAINED
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
PROVERB
OF ALL THE SLAVES THE LOWEST IS HE WHO IS A SLAVE TO HIS PASSIONS
Submitter comment: FROM CICERO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HEDONISM ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
PROVERB
OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
WHEN AT FIRST WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DISHONESTY ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
POLISH SAYING
STAROSE NIE RADOSE LITERALLY MEANS OLD AGE IS NOT HAPPINESS.
OLD AGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TIME OF HAPPINESS QUIETUDE AND REST BUT
AFTER A MAN REACHES HIS PEAK HE IS DISAPPOINTED AND DEPRESSED
BECAUSE HE HAS LEFT SO MUCH UNDONE IN HIS LIFE
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): DISAPPOINTMENT ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
DER ALT BULL BLAERRT FAERT BIS IN DI EWICHKEIT
THE OLD BULL BELLOWS ON FOREVER
Submitter comment: TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH
Where learned: CULINARY ARTS PRESS ; PAGE 23
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONVERSATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
PROVERB
OLD CHINESE PROVERB IS THERE IS GOLD IN BOOKS
Submitter comment: TOLD DURING A LECTURE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; EDUCATION ; SYMBOL ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1971
PROVERB
AN OLD DOG WILL LEARN NO NEW TRICKS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
PROVERB
THE OLDER THE FIDDLE THE SWEETER THE TUNE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; MUSIC ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
OLD MEN AND OLD WOMEN MAKE GOOD SOUP
Submitter comment: SAID IN REFERENCE TO CHAPERONES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; CANNIBALISM ; PUN--ON WORD "MAKE"
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1968