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POLISH PROVERB
DON'T STIR IT AND IT WON'T STICK.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SCATAL (?)OGICAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PARADOX?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
DON'T SWAP HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM.
Where learned: AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
PROVERB
DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF.
Where learned: TV SHOW
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: ; DON'T WORRY ABOUT SMALL MATTERS ; PERSPIRATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
PROVERB
DON'T THROW AWAY (OR LEAVE) THE ROAD BECAUSE OF A PATH.
(TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment:
REFERS TO NOT GIVING UP EVEN THOUGH THE NICE SMOOTH ROAD TURNS
INTO A ROCKY PATH FOR AWHILE. TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
James Callow comment:
THIS MAKES LITTLE SENSE TO ME. IT SEEMS TO SAY
DON'T SUCCUMB TO MINOR TEMPTATIONS--KEEP THE MAIN GOAL
IN MIND--FRANK M. PAULSEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
WATER
DON'T THROW OUT THE DIRTY WATER UNTIL YOU GET SOME CLEAN.
Submitter comment:
SAID PRIMARILY IN REFERENCE TO DISH WATER AND SAVING IN TIME OF
POVERTY. SHE SAYS IT ALSO APPLIES TO RADICALS AND HIPPIES TODAY.
Where learned: GIVEN BY LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FRUGALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1970
PROVERB
DON'T TROUBLE TROUBLE,
UNTIL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
TODAY
DON'T WORRY ABOUT A BAD DAY. (TRANSLATION)
EN FEBRERO, UNI DIA MALO Y OTRO BUENO. (SPANISH)
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH THE STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): LIIERALLY: IN FEBRUARY ONN DAY BAD, ANOTHER GOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
LUCK
A DONKEY DOESN'T DIE EVERY DAY. (TRANSLATION
NO TODOS LOS DIOS SE MUERE UN BURRO. (SPANISH)
Submitter comment:
A MEXICAN SAYING. INFORMANT QUOTED THIS TO ME WHEN SHE WAS KIDDED
ABOUT BEING PRAISED BY THE BOSS AT WORK FOR DOING SOMETHING
ESPECIALLY WELL. IT MEANS SOMETHDING LIKE: IT WAS JUST A GOOD
Where learned: MEXICAN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): LITERALLY: NOT EVERY DAY A DONKEY DIES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DOOR LOCKS ON INSIDE
THE DOOR LOCKS FROM THE INSIDE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): PRECAUTION?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DO YOU NEED PROOF OF GOD?
DOES ONE LIGHT A TORCH TO SEE THE SUN?
Submitter comment: ORIENTAL WISDOM
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ATHEISM REFUTED ; EVIDENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
(TRANSLATION) DRAFT BEER, NOT STUDENTS.
Where learned: ON A BUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERB
DROP BY DROP AND SOON EVEN BOULDERS ARE WASHED AWAY.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB
A DROWNING MAN CLUTCHES AT STRAWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DESPERATION ; HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
PROVERB
DUCK GOT WATER TO PLAY IN, FOWL WISH HE HAD IT TO DRINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ANOTHER SAYING: IT MEANS A LOT WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK.
NOT EVERY SOUL IN LIFE IS ENDOWED WITH WEALTH AND BEAUTIFUL FORTUNE
SO MAKE THE BEST USE OF WHAT YOU HAVE -- AND DO SO WITH CAUTION.
Where learned: WRITTEN DOWN BY INFORMANT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUGALITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
GERMAN PROVERB
THE DUMBEST FARMER HAS THE BIGGEST POTATOES. (TRANSLATION)
DIE DUMMSTER BAURN HAM DIE GROPTEN KARTOFEL. (GERMAN)
Submitter comment: MORE LUCK THAN BRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
PROVERB
BE NO TIME FOR CHEERS AND LAUGHTER, IN THE COLD GRAY DAWN OF THE
MORNING AFTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE (IMPLIED) ; HANGOVER ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THE BERRIES MAY BE RED AND RIPE, BUT CAN OF TIME BE BITTER.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): (OFT?) ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
PROVERB
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN OFTEN GO ASTRAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): COMMON MISQUOTATION ; OBSERVATION ; ROBERT BURNS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-25-1969
PROVERB
THE BEST PLACE TO FIND A HELPING HAND IS AT THE END OF YOUR OWN ARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
BE THERE ONLY A COW AND SOMEHOW A MILK PAIL WILL BE FOUND.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; OPPORTUNITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1910