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SAYING
LIKE TRYING TO FIND FEATHERS ON AN AARDVARK.
Submitter comment:
MR. ELLIOT WAS COMPARING THE IMPOSSIBILTY OF NICE WEATHER TO THE
IMPOSSIBILITY OF FINDING FEATHERS ON AN AARDVARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; ON TELEVISION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
TWO THICK NEVER STICK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN SHE SEES TWO FRIENDS ALWAYS TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-00-1967
HARDER THAN A COB.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN THE OBJECT IS VERY HARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 12-00-1978
YOU HAVE AS MANY CLOTHES AS CARTER HAS PILLS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER MY MOTHER BUYS NEW CLOTHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISING ; CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
I NEED THAT LIKE I NEED A HOLE IN THE HEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS IN MOMENTS OF SARCASM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WHEN MY BROTHER DID SOMETHING LIKE MY FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
HOTTER THAN HELL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN IT IS VERY HOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
ITS RAINING LIKE A COW PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS LITTLE SAYING WAS TOLD TO ME BY A MAN WHO HAD LIVED FOR
MANY YEARS IN THE THUMB AREA. HE HAD HEARD THIS WHEN HE WORKED FOR
A LUMBER COMPANY IN THAT AREA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
POPULAR SAYING
MONKEY SEE
MONKEY DO
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
SLOW AS MOLASSES.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU WERE ALWAYS WAITING FOR SOMEONE, OR IF SOMEONE WAS LAZY, YOU
WOULD SAY THIS TO EXPLAIN THEIR ACTIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
"FASTER THAN A RHUBARB THROUGH A TALL LADY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
PROVERB
"BTTAB IK CLUBKA B KOUTTYTTT"
THIS MEANS; (HE) FELL LIKE A PLUM INTO JUICE. INFORMANT NOT SURE
ABOUT MEANING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT REMEMBER HOW INFORMATION WAS RECIEVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
ZACHARAS, PAUL
FIGHTING FOR PEACE IS LIKE FORNICATING FOR CHASTITY.
Where learned: LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
"FINE AS FROG, HAIR."
USED WHEN TRYING TO DENOTE THE MINUTENESS OF AN OBJECT OR SITUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-04-1971
PROVERB
FITS LIKE A GLOVE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD HER MOTHER SAY THIS WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-28-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
"FLAT AS A FRITTER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
FLATTER THAN A PERSIAN RUG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
POLISH PROVERB
POLISH: "NA TO JAK NA LATO."
TRANSLATION: FAR IT LIKE FOR SUMMER.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT ONE IS AS ENTHUSIASTIC FOR SOMETHING AS FOR SUMMER.
THE WORD "SUMMER" IS ALSO USED BECAUSE IT RHYMES WITH "IT".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
POLISH: "FARTUNA KOTEM SIE TOCZY"
TRANSLATION: "FORTUNE TURNS AS A WHEEL" MEANING THAT IT HAS
ITS UPS AND DOWNS. I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
FRIEND:
FRIENDSHIP IS A GOLDEN KNOT, TIED BY AN ANGEL'S HAND.
Submitter comment:
HELEN CATLIN OF TOLEDO OHIO, SENT THE ABOVE, TAKEN FROM HER NINETY
YEAR OLD MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, TO BUD GUEST'S SUNNY-SIDE-OF-THE-
STREET-PROGRAM. I RECEIVED A CARBON COPY OF THE SCRIPT FROM WHICH
MRS. GUEST READ IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |