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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
BREAK THE ICE.
James Callow comment:
ACTUALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS--CLIMATE--ALTHOUGH
I REALIZE YOU WANT LITERAL IDENTIFICATIONS--F.M. PAULSEN
Where learned: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONVERSATION STARTER? ; IDENTIFYING?
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
BUSIER THAN A ONE ARMED PAPER HANGER WITH THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH.
Where learned: DEARBORN
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION
Date learned: 04-06-1971
PROVERB
BUSIER THAN A ONE LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION
Date learned: 04-04-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A ONE ARM PAPER HANGER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED TO CONVEY MUCH ACTIVITY. A PAPER HANGER IS A PERSON
WHO IN THE OLD DAYS HUNG WALLPAPER. A PERSON WHO HANGS WALL PAPER
WITH ONE ARM IS AN EXTREMELY BUSY PERSON. INFORMANT USES THIS TO
CONVEY A BUSY SITUATION. HE FOUND THIS QUITE AMUSING AND FIRST
HEARD IT AT WORK.
Data entry tech comment: GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-15-1971
A SPADE
TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE
LLAMAR AL PAN, PAN, Y AL VINO, VINO. (SPANISH)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FRANKNESS ; REPETITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERB
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): IRONY ; PLANTS ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): MINUTE DETAILS OBSCURE GOAL ; SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IRISH SAYING
CAN'T THE CAT LOOK AT THE QUEEN?
Submitter comment: MEANING: HAVE I NO RIGHTS AT ALL?
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): JUSTICE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERB
CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG.
Submitter comment: MEANING: SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN KEPT SECRET IS NO LONGER A SECRET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
TRADITIONAL WORDS
EIGHTY-SIX.
Submitter comment:
THE PHRASE WHICH WAS PICKED UP WAS EIGHTY-SIX. TO EIGHTY-SIX
SOMETHING MEANT TO 1, IGNORE IT, OR 2, THROW IT AWAY. THERE IS ALSO
A TRADITIONAL TALE ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE TERM. IT IS BELIEVED TO
HAVE COME FROM AN OLD BARTENDER'S TERM. WHEN THE BARTENDER SAW THAT
SOMEONE WAS DRUNK, HE WOULD PASS THE WORD TO EIGHTY-SIX THAT MAN.
THAT WOULD MEAN EITHER CALL THE POLICE, WHOSE ADDRESS WAS 86TH ST.
OR TO GIVE THE MAN 86 PROOF LIQUOR, RATHER THAN 100 PROOF.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ; NUMBER ; THREAT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
A TOUGH JOB
THE INFORMANT DESCRIBED A DIFFICULT TASK AS ENOUGH TO WEAR OUT A
BULLDOG.
Submitter comment:
IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE INFORMANT ACQUIRED THIS PHRASE AROUND HIS
HOMETOWN OF ASHLAND, KENTUCKY.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERB
EYES THAT DO NOT SEE; HEART THAT DOES NOT FEEL.
(SPANISH) OJOS QUE NO VEN, CORAZON QUE NO SIENTE
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
NIP IT IN THE BUD
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD DOES NOT CONTAIN LOCATION ITEM WAS COLLECTED OR
THE COLLECTOR'S ADDRESS
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRECAUTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT TOO EXCITING
NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD STATES THAT INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED BY PHONE
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): DISAPPOINTMENT ; QUALITY ; UNIMPRESSIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SAYING
NOT SO PRETTY FOR NICE BUT AWFUL STOUT FOR STRONG
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-13-1965
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
NOT YET DRY BEHIND THE EARS
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): IMMATURITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
OLDER THAN THE HILLS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; STALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
PROVERB
I'M ON THE WAGON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): MEANING: I'M NOT DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; WATER WAGON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CELESTIAL ; SELDOM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ON THE BEAM
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED IN
A LETTER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): ON TARGET OR THE RIGHT TRACK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HAZZARD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |