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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 |
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
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