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TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN THIS SAYING GOES,
"DON'T SPIT IN THE AIR BECAUSE IT WILL COME BACK
AT YOU." THE MEANING BEING THAT WHATEVER YOU SAY
TO CRITICIZE SOMEONE ELSE WILL EVENTUALLY BE VISITED
UPON YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER FATHER, LUIGI
DELUCA IN ITALIAN BUT SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER THE WORDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1945