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PROVERB

A BIRD CAN FLY HIGH BUT IT MUST COME DOWN TO ROOST.

Where learned: PASTEUR SCHOOL (SIC)

Keyword(s): BIRD

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; LIMITATIONS? ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 01-29-1968

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PROVERB

EVERY TIME AN AMERICAN COMES UP WITH A NEW INVENTION, THE RUSSIANS
INVENT IT A WEEK LATER AND A WEEK AFTER THAT, THE JAPANESE MAKE IT
CHEAPER.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): CHAUVINISM ; IMITATION ; IRONY ; NATIONALISM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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COMMON PHRASE

MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS IMITATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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