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PROVERB
BLESSED ARE THEY WHO EXPECT NOTHING FOR THEY WILL BE NOT
DISSAPOINTED (SIC).
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER
Data entry tech comment: IRONY!
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY ON SERMON ON THE MOUNT--BIBLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-18-1967
SAYING
BORN OF THE GUN; DIES OF THE GUN.
Submitter comment: CORRUPTION OF BORN OF THE SWORD, DIES OF THE SWORD.
Data entry tech comment: SON OF A GUN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUSE AND EFFECT ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; MEDIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
SAYING
BORN OF THE SWORD; DIES OF THE SWORD.
Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL
Data entry tech comment: CORRUPTION OF BORN OF THE GUN..
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUSE AND EFFECT ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; MEDIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
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
PROVERB
BOYS AND BOOKS DON'T MIX.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; DATING ; EDUCATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERB
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): IRONY ; PLANTS ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): MINUTE DETAILS OBSCURE GOAL ; SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
THE CAULIFLOWER IS A CABBAGE WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
PROVERB
AS CHARMS ARE NONSENSE, NONSENSE IS A CHARM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
THE CLOSER, THE SWEETER
THE CLOSER TO THE BONE, THE SWEETER THE MEAT.
Submitter comment: VERSE USED TO GRAB MEAT NEAR THE BONE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE COAT AND PANTS DO THE WORK, BUT THE VEST GETS THE GRAVY.
Submitter comment: FROM SOMEONE AT WORK
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PUN ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
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PROVERB
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CONFUCIUS SAY: BABY CONCEIVED ON BACKSEAT OF CAR WITH AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSION GROW UP TO BE SHIFTLESS BASTARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: BLINDE (SIC) GIRL HAVE BLACK HAIR BY CRACKY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): SEX
James Callow Keyword(s): BLONDE? ; PARODY ; PUDENDUM ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: BUTCHER WHO BACK INTO MEAT GRINDER GET LITTLE
BEHIND IN HIS WORK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; PARODY ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: GIRL WHO FLY AIRPLANE UPSIDE DOWN HAVE CRACK UP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUDENDUM ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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CONFUCIUS SAY: KOTEX NOT BEST THING ON EARTH, BUT NEXT TO IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUDENDUM ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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CONFUCIUS SAY: LAY GIRL IN STRAWBERRY PATCH, GET SELF IN JAM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; PARODY ; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): PARODY
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX ; SLANG: PIECE FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE MARK ON THE SIDEWALK
AT THE FAR END OF OUR BLOCK THERE WAS A DARK SPOT ON THE
SIDEWALK BECUASE A MAN HAD BEEN HIT BY A POWERLINE DURING A STORM
AND HIS BODY
WAS BURNED INTO THE CEMENT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
BREAD BELIEF
IN CUTTING A LOAF OF BREAD.
NEVER LEAVE A KNIFE IN THE BREAD, IT IS LIKE CUTTING THE
HEART OF JESUS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Custom Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
SUPERSTITION
THERE IS A RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO SWEEP YOUR FLOOR. YOU ARE SUPPOSED
TO SWEEP TOWARD THE BACK DOOR AND NOT THE FRONT DOOR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; OPPOSITES ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Daily Life |
Date learned: 11-10-1970