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UGLY AS HOMEMADE SIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NONE GIVEN
UGLY AS A HOMEMADE FENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NONE GIVEN
SAYING
USELESS AS TITS ON A BOAR HOG.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
SILK PURSE,SOW,S EAR
Submitter comment:
THIS ONE WAS PRETTY DEEP, BUT MY INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS
A SIMPLE CASE OF EXPRESSING EXTREME CONTRAST. MAKES SENSE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
TALKING TO YOU IS LIKE TRYING TO KEEP WATER ON A DUCK,S BACK.
Submitter comment: APPARENTLY THERE IS A BIG COMMUNICATION GAP.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-17-1981
A HARD HEAD MAKES A SOFT BEHIND.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-17-1981
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
LIVE BY THE SWORD, DIE BY THE SWORD
Submitter comment: VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-17-1981
PROVERB
YOU LOOK LIKE THE WRECK OF THE HESPERLUS.
Submitter comment: COMMENT ON A PERSONS LOOKS, USED AS A PUTDOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): HESPERLUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
WEATHER PREDICTION
IF THERE IS ENOUGH BLUE IN THE SKY TO MAKE AN OLD MAN A SHIRT, IT
WON'T RAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
THE EYES ARE MUCH REVERED IN LEBANESE CULTURE. PEOPLE OFTEN SWEAR
ON THEIR MOTHER'S EYES, THEIR BABY'S EYES, ETC., TO CONVINCE
PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH. MM
LEBANESE PEOPLE ALSO REFER TO THE EYES WHEN PROFESSING GREAT LOVE.
"I LOVE YOU MORE THAN MY EYES," IS A COMMONLY HEARD EXPRESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ASSERVATIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001950S
EXAGGERATIONS-HYPERBOLE LORE
(1) THE VILLAGE BOOZER MADE THE LOCAL BREWERY GO ON A 24-HOUR
SHIFT.
(2) THERE'S ENOUGH POETRY ON THE BOY'S WASHROOM WALLS TO PUT
SHAKESPEARE OUT OF BUSINESS!
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THE FIRST EXAGGERATION AT WORK FROM A BEER DRIVER.
THE SECOND EXAGGERATION I HEARD IN SCHOOL WHEN THE MAINTENANCE
MAN WAS FED UP WITH DIRTY LAVATORIES.
THESE EXAGGERATIONS ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD! DON'T YOU THINK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001970S
PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY, "SOME SQUIRRELS WORK AND WRESTLE WITH TREES
TO GET NUTS. WISE SQUIRRELS TAKE TIME AND SPREAD LIMBS."
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING MEANS THAT SOMETIMES THERE IS AN EASIER WAY
TO ACCOMPLISH SOME GOALS.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE; SOMEBODY
GIVE ME A BRICK!
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS HOW SOME PEOPLE WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHERS ARE
SAINTS, OR AT LEAST WITH LESS SIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; UNION SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
It rained so hard one day that people had to jump
into the river to keep from drowning.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001980S
HE IS MORE NERVOUS THAN A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A
ROOM FULL OF ROCKIN' CHAIRS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001980S
Entry filtered.
HE'S MORE TIRED THAN AN ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN
ASS KICKIN' CONTEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001970S
"I don't trust him as far as I can throw a horse"
Submitter comment: This is the informant's father's favorite saying.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001970S
Yo have mo front 'n Katie Ben.
Submitter comment:
You have more "gumption" than Katie Ben. The story goes back
to the 1940's in Saint Thomas when there was a problem with
the congregation of a Methodist church. Everyone was afraid
to talk about it, including the minister, even though all knew
a problem existed. Katie Ben, a child, got up in church and
spoke out or took the "front." The informant has no idea what
the problem was at the time but that is where this saying came
from.
Where learned: VIRGIN ISLANDS ; Saint Thomas
Keyword(s): 'n = than ; mo = more ; Yo = you
James Callow Keyword(s): Effrontery Boldness Audacity ; Personal name in proverb
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1991
WHEN MY MOTHER WAS TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE WITH A FRIEND AND
WOULD BE LATE FOR AN APPOINTMENT IF SHE DIDN'T HANG UP SOON, HER
FRIEND TOLD HER TO SAY SHE WAS LATE BECAUSE SHE WAS TALKING TO
SOMEONE WHO HAD "A PHONOGRAPH NEEDLE FOR A TONGUE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |