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COMPARISON
AS GRACEFUL AS A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY CLUMSINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; HUMAN CREATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERB
AS ONE TENDS HIS FENCE HE ALSO TENDS HIS FARM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
AS SKINNY AS A SAWHORSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
FLEMISH PROVERB
AS THE CLOCK TICKS AT HOME, IT TICKS NOWHERE ELSE. ZOOALS HET KLOKJE THUIS TIKT, TIKT HET NERGENS. (FLEMISH)
Submitter comment: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICH. FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION ; TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PROVERB
AT THE END OF A ROD GROWS A DEEP LOVE.
Submitter comment:
PARENTS SPANK THEIR CHILDREN, TEACHERS WHIP THEIR PUPILS, AND
HUSBANDS SLAP THEIR WIVES IN LOVE. THE LOVED ONES KISS THE ROD AND
RETURN MORE LOVE WITH THANKS. (SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.)
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; OBSERVATION ; PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDIAN EXPRESSION
A BAMBOO FISH TRAP
IN INDIA, A WORLDLY MAN WOULD BE COMPARED TO 'A BAMBOO FISH TRAP.'
Submitter comment:
THE IDEA IS THAT TO MAKE A BAMBOO FISH TRAP THE BAMBOO
MUST BE CARVED TO ADMIT
THE FISH AND PREVENT HIS ESCAPE. WHEN APPLIED TO A MAN,
THIS MEANS HE IS BENT TO THE WORLD AND ITS PLEASURES, RATHER THAN
STRAIGHT AND SEEKING THE INFINITE.
Data entry tech comment: BUDDHA WEEPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FISH ; HUMAN CREATION ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PREDICTION: AIRPLANES
IRON DEVILS IN THE SKY
BEFORE THERE WERE AIRPLANES PEOPLE USED TO SAY, 'IT WONT BE LONG
AND THERE WILL BE IRON DEVILS IN THE SKY.'
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER FATHER WHO WAS COMMENTING ON WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THE INVENTIONS BEING MADE AROUND THE
TURN OF THE CENTURY. OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE WERE RATHER AGAINST SOME
OF THE INVENTIONS BEING MADE AT THAT TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS ; PROPHESY ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
PROVERB
THE BELL CALLS OTHERS TO CHURCH BUT ITSELF NEVER MINDS THE SERMON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE ; HUMAN CREATIONS ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
DON'T CROSS THE BRIDGE BEFORE YOU COME TO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BOX YOUR EARS IN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): REFERS TO BEATING OR PUNCHING ; THREAT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SAYING
THE CARPENTER'S DOOR IS BROKEN.
Submitter comment: MEANING FIX UP YOUR OWN BUSINESS BEFORE TRYING TO FIX OTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A CHAIN IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Iron ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-24-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A CHAIR HAS A BACK BUT IT DOESN'T WEAR A COAT.
Submitter comment:
MEANING HERE THAT MOST THINGS THAT DO HAVE A BACK ARE ABLE TO
WEAR A COAT. IT'S AN ATTEMPT AT PERSONIFICATION.
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME AT A DINNER I ATTENDED. I HEARD THIS USED AS A
RETORT RATHER THAN A RIDDLE, I.E. THAT'S LIKE THE ONE OF THE CHAIR
THAT HAS A BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; FUNCTION ; HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
A POLISH PROVERB
ZEGAR NIE JE, NIE PYE, A JEDNAK BYE. (POLISH)
TRANSLATION: A CLOCK NEITHER EATS, NOR DRINKS, AND YET HE GOES
ON TICKING.
Where learned: DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967