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PROVERB
GREEK: ,ADO' A,VVUA' ICA CYE'VN A TECAVEA'QNJOU.
TRANSLATION: FROM THORNS YOU GET ROSES-(FROM BAD PARENTS YOU GET GOO
CHILDREN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
"A FULL PURSE NEVER LACKS FRIENDS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THE FUTURE BELONGS TO HIM WHO KNOWS HOW TO WAIT.
Keyword(s): PATIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
ADVICE
GET THE CAGE BEFORE YOU CATCH YOUR BIRDIE.
Where learned: PENNA
Keyword(s): 9ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; IMPERATIVE ; PREPARDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-13-1971
SAYING
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT.
Submitter comment: THIS REFERS TO HUMAN ERROR IN PUNCHING CARDS FOR A COMPUTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPUTER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
THE GIRL WHO CANNOT DANCE SAYS THE BAND CANNOT PLAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION BUILDING
Keyword(s): CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-30-1971
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THE GIRL WHO CAN,T DANCE SAYS, 'THE BAND CAN'T PLAY.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
A GIRL WHO HAS HINGES ON HER HEELS IS NOT A CARPENTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1975
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE EATS FOR ONE DAY. TEACH A MAN HOW TO FISH AND HE EATS FOR A LIFETIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PROVERB
GIVE THE BRAGGER THE BREAD, AS THE COMPLAINER ISN'T IN NEED.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
SAYING
A GLASS OF WINE MAKES AN OLD MAN A YOUTH.
Where learned: SENT UPON REQUEST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
POLISH SAYING
GOD DOES UNTO JACOB, AS JACOB DOES UNTO GOD.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER REMEMBERS THIS PROVERB FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL? ; RECIPROCITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
PROVERB GOD GAVE US MEMORIES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ROSES IN
Where learned: DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
PROVERB
GOD NEVER CLOSES A DOOR, BUT HE ALWAYS OPENS A WINDOW.
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
SAYING
GOD SENDS EVERY BIRD ITS FOOD, BUT HE DOES NOT THROW IT INTO THE NES
Submitter comment: FROM DR. W.W. BREESE, "WELL SPRINGS OF TRUTH", PL65 1883
Where learned: BOOK
Keyword(s): DIVINE PROV&&ENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-07-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
GOD'S HELP IS AS NEAR AS THE DOOR.
Submitter comment: JUDY LEARNED THIS FROM AN IRISH INTERN AT MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1965
PROVERB
GOLD SHINES EVEN IN THE DIRT.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB
LITHUANIAN: AUKSAS IR PURVE ZIBA.
TRANSLATION: GOLD SHINES IN THE DIRT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
THE CAUSE IS THE MAN
A GOOD CAUSE MAKES A STOUT HEART AND A STRONG MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
PROVERB
"GOOD CLOTHES OPEN ALL DOORS."
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-24-1965