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OLD LEBANESE SAYING

IF YOU POUND ON WATER, IT'S STILL WATER. TRANSLATION OF
DOUH IL MAEY HE MAEY.

Submitter comment: USED BY A PERSON WHO TRIES TO GIVE ADVICE BUT FINDS IT UNHEEDED.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-29-1972

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