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A POLISH PROVERB
A MIRACLE HAPPENED ONCE WHEN THE OLD MAN SPOKE TO THE PORTRAIT,
AND THE PORTRAIT SAID NOTHING.
TRANSLATION OF:
STAT SIE CUD PEWNEGO RAZU,
PRZEMOWIT DZIAD DO ABRAZU,
A OBRAZ DO NIEGO NIC.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR SAYING WHEN ONE TALKS AND IS NOT HEARD.
MY FATHER OFTEN USES THIS. HE KNOWS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): REBUKE TO INATTENTIVE PERSON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-17-1967