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I WON'T FATTEN FROG FOR SNAKE.
Submitter comment: (MEANING: I WON'T DRESS YOU UP SO OTHERS CAN ADMIRE YOU)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
I WAS WORKING SO FAST...
I WAS WORKING SO FAST THAT
Submitter comment: FROM WORKING DAYS OF DEPRESSION
Keyword(s): OBSCENE DILIGENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
I WANT ____________ SO MUCH I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): FOOD DESIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT'S LIKE GETTING THE MILK WITHOUT BUYING THE COW
Where learned: BOYFRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT BENEFITS INJUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
IT'S IN THE BAG.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00001964SUMMER
IT'S DUCK SOUP
Submitter comment: ALL'S WELL
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
HARD ROE TO HOE
IT'S A HARD ROE TO HOE.
Keyword(s): GARDENING
James Callow Keyword(s): ROW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00001930S
IT GIVES ONE HEART
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
DON'T UPSET THE APPLE CART.
TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM CHANGING PRESENT OR FAVORABLE
CONDITIONS, THE ABOVE CAN BE SAID.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM CHILDHOOD DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROUTE 1 ; SHELBY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-17-1970
HAVE A BEE IN YOUR BONNET
WHEN A PERSON IS INTERESTED IN A PROJECT AND IS DILIGENTLY
TRYING TO COMPLETE IT, THE ABOVE COULD BE SAID OF HIM.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS PHRASE AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROUTE 1 ; SHELBY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-17-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE UP A CREEK WITH A SOLUBLE PADDLE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS STATEMENT USED BY FR. NEMETH, PROF. OF CHEMISTRY,
U. OF D. DURING A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-07-1970
WE SEE EYE TO EYE AND TOOTH TO TOOTH.
Submitter comment: A COMPLETE AGREEMENT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WXYZ RADIO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER
Submitter comment: SOMETHING WILL BE DONE WHEN TIME EQUALS INFINITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
MUST MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
Submitter comment:
MY REPLY TO QUESTION AS TO WHY I WAS TAKING SO MANY MARYGROVE
GIRLS OUT, IT WAS JUST BEFORE THEIR SEMESTER BREAK WHEN THEY
WOULD GO HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OPPORTUNITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBS
MOST OF US DON'T PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD UNTIL WE GET THE OTHER
ONE IN HOT WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
MORE LUCK THAN BRAINS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-14-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
MAY A MOUSE NEVER LEAVE YOUR CUPBOARD WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN SCOTLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; SCOTLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 12-03-1965
FIGURE OF SPEECH
MARY SLOAN IS NOT THE BIGGEST CATFISH IN MY SEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DETROIT ZOO
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; PERSONAL NAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-20-1967
PROFESSION
A MAN WEARS TWO HATS. HE IS DOING TWO JOBS AT THE SAME TIME.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-09-1967