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PROVERB
APPLE PIE WITHOUT THE CHEESE
IS LIKE A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE!
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM AN ASHTRAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; GO-TOGETHERS MATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
COMPARISON
APPLE PIE WITHOUT SOME CHEESE
IS LIKE A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; GO-TOGETHERS MATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
PROVERB PHRASE
AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PHRASE
AS BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
AS BLIND AS A BAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS BLUE AS THE SKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
BROAD SHOULDERS
AS BROAD BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS AS A HERRING IS BETWEEN THE EYES.
(DESCRIBING A GUY WITH SLENDER SHOULDERS.)
Submitter comment:
MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HER 82 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER EVA HARMON
OF FRENCH DESCENT CURRENTLY RESIDING IN ALGONAC, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FISH ; HUMAN BODY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS COLD AS A WITCH'S TIT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NEW ROCHELLE
Keyword(s): CLIMATE ; DEFINITION ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
MORAL PROVERB
AS DELICIOUS AS NINE HONEYS.
PRIEZ ADSIAI (LITHUANIAN)
Submitter comment:
ONE HONEY IS DELICIOUS BY ITSELF BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE NINE OF THEM?
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Data entry tech comment: CATHERINE, YOU'RE A HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; INSECT ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS DRUNK AS A SKUNK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-17-1968
SMASHED
AS FLAT AS A PANCAKE
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): SHAPE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
COMPARISON
AS GENTLE AS A LAMB.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
AS GRACEFUL AS A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY CLUMSINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS INDEPENDENT AS A HOG ON ICE.
Where learned: HIS HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLIMATE ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS IRISH AS PADDY'S PIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): NAME: PADDY ; NATIONALISM ; PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS MAD AS A HATTER.
James Callow comment:
SEE "ALICE IN WONDERLAND." HATTERS ARE SOMETIMES
DRIVEN MAD BY THE CHEMICALS THEY USE IN PROCESSING
FELT, (MATERIAL FOR HATS) I'VE HEARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
AS NEAT AS WAX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; HUMAN CREATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS ODD AS KATE CARNEY'S CAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; ANIMATED NATURE ; PROPER NAME
James Callow Keyword(s): ECCENTRICITY ; PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960