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LOVE
CEPRIE RUE CRYRA, RUE ZRAE XNO NARC.
THE HEART IS NOT A SLAVE, IT DOESN'T KNOW ANY MASTER,
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
PROVERB REFERS TO LOVE AND EMOTIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR OBSERVATION EMOTION ; METONYMY ; PERSONIFICATION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
HE CABBAGED ONTO HER BOOKS.
Data entry tech comment: HE ACTUALLY HAD A TIGHT GRIP ON HER BOOKS.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
Keyword(s): METAPHOR CLUTCH
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
LONG HANDS
HE CAME IN WITH ONE HAND AS LONG AS THE OTHER.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT SOMEONE CAME WITHOUT A PRESENT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): METAPHOR GIVING FRIENDSHIP
Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
BEANS
HE DOESN'T KNOW BEANS WHEN THE BAG IS OPEN.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; IGNORANCE ; METAPHOR VEGETABLE RECOGNITION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
BEANS
HE DOESN'T KNOW BEANS WHEN THE BAG'S OPEN.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER LEARNED THIS EXPRESSION AS A CHILD ON A FARM IN
CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN. CASEVILLE IS IN HURON COUNTY, THE BIGGEST BEAN
RAISING COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): IGNORANCE ; METAPHOR VEGETABLE RECOGNITION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
POLISH PROVERB ON TRAVEL
TUSTAPIT DO PIEKIET, PO DRODZE MU AYTA.
HE DROPPED INTO HELL CAUSE IT WAS ALONG THE WAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A VERY POPULAR SAYING WHEN ONE GOES SOMEWHERE UNNECESSARILY.
MY PARENTS OFTEN USE THIS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): METAPHOR TRAVELLING OBSERVATION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
HE FLOATS ON AN INCH OF WATER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ; TOLD AT ; 22210 REVERE ST ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): PHRASE METAPHOR OBSERVATION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-06-1970
NITWIT
HE HAS BATS IN HIS BELFREY.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR ; INSANITY
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
HE HAS ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE AND THE OTHER ON A BANANA PEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FRUIT ; HEALTH ; IMMINENCE OF DEATH ; METAPHOR CONTRAST OBSERVATION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
TALKATIVE
HE HAS THE GIFT OF GAB.
Submitter comment:
BOB TOLD ME THIS ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE AT SCHOOL AND WE WERE LISTENING
TO THIS BOY TALK QUITE A BIT.
Where learned: SCHOOL
Keyword(s): SLANG ; SPEECH METAPHOR
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
INHERITANCE
HE'S A FOOL THAT MAKES HIS DOCTOR HIS HEIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR DEATH INHERITANCE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
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 |
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
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
HE'S ONLY A WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
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
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 |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
HIGH ON THE HOG.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
AUTOGRAPH VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; HUMOROUS ALLUSION TO LOVE (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
ORANGES GROW IN FLORIDA,/ CALIFORNIA TOO,/ BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE
MICHIGAN/ TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF YVONNE BY A CLASSMATE
IN 1958.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S LINE DIVISION ALTERED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COMPLIMENT PRAISE ; FRUIT FRIENDSHIP ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCB
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1958 ; 11-01-1967