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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WHO DOESN T LISTEN TO HIS PARENTS LISTENS TO THE DOG SKIN
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
DOG SKIN MEANS , LOWERS HIS OWN DIGNITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
LEGAL PROVERB
ONE WHO SEEKS EQUITY MUST DO EQUITY
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-28-1968
PROVERB
ONE WHO TRIES TO HIDE HIS SICKNESS DIES FROM IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; TAYLOR
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
OLD JEWISH SAYING TRANSLATED
ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT ALL I FEAR IS THAT THEY MIGHT SAY IF YOU HAV
LEARNED AND GATHERED WISDOM WHERE IS ITS CROP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES SOMETIMES COME GEMS.
YOUNG CHILDREN WILL SAY TRUTHFUL THINGS WHERE OLDER PEOPLE
WILL AVOID IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERB
FALLING DROPS OF WATER WEAR AWAY A STONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
PROVERB
A FALSE FRIEND AND A SHADOW ATTEND ONLY WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
FRIENDS
A FALSE FRIEND AND A SHADOW ONLY STAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1969
PROVERB
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT.
Submitter comment: OLD SAYING.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT.
Where learned: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
PROVERB
FAR AWAY, COWS HAVE LONG HORNS.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
COWS
FAR AWAY, COWS WEAR LONG HORNS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS IN RELATION TO MEN ON BUSINESS TRIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
PROVERB: MOUNTAIN
THE FARTHER CLIMBED, THE HIGHER THE PASS; THE FARTHER ACROSS
THE DEEPER THE STREAM, THE ROAD OF ADVENTURE IN LIFE RUNS THROUGH
STEEP HILLS AND TROUBLED WATERS; MAN FINDS MORE DIFFICULTIES AS HE
PUSHES ON WITH HIS TASK IN THIS WORLD.
Submitter comment: SEOUL, KOREA
Where learned: MAXIMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
FAST DRIVING AND FAST LIVING MAY GET YOU TO THE FINISH LINE TOO SOON
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS IS HER FAVORITE SAYING TO HER HUSBAND WHILE
HE IS DRIVING. INFORMANT REPORTED IT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN
CUTTING DOWN HIS SPEED IN BOTH AREAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERB
FEAR HAS BIG EYES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-14-1968
PROVERB
THE FEAR OF A MAN MAKES HIM LIKE A WOMAN.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
FEAR
FEAR WILL FILL WITH POISON THE GOLDEN CUP OF LIFE.
Submitter comment:
HE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT LIFE.
WHEN I ASKED MY GRANDFATHER FOR A PROVERB, HE GAVE ME THIS ONE.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
PROVERB: AX
A FELLOW WITH AN AX IS NO MATCH FOR A WOMAN WITH A NEEDLE.
THE PRICK OF A NEEDLE GIVES ONLY A SMALL PAIN, BUT THE FALL OF THE
AX MEANS INSTANT DEATH. SO, AN AXMAN MUST SURRENDER TO A NEEDLEWOMAN
UNLESS HE IS REALLY ANGRY WITH HER, FOR HE DARES NOT WIELD HIS
MIGHTY AX OVER HER HEAD.
Submitter comment: SEOUL, KOREA
Where learned: MAXIMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001965S
METAPHORICAL SAYING
FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |