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Proverb

You can dress a person up, but you can't take him out.

Submitter comment:

Used by informant's girlfriend at senior prom when informant started throwing chunks of fruit salad into the air and catching them in his mouth.

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Where learned: NEW YORK ; Paggi, Raymond ; Wappingers Falls

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Class ; DRESS ; Fashion ; Maxim ; Presentation ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH.

Submitter comment:

USED BY INFORMANT ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS WHEN CHILDREN OFFERED TO
HELP HIM.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; Paggi, Raymond ; Wappingers Falls

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001960S

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Proverb

YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DRINK.

Submitter comment:

USED WHEN KIDS WOULD NOT EAT SOMETHING AT SUPPER.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; Paggi, Raymond ; Wappingers Falls

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001960S

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