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BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
MEAN AS CAT SHIT AND TWICE AS STINKIN'.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN. MEN ARE LIKE WATERMELONS --
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY ARE LIKE UNTIL YOU LIVE WITH THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT HOME ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
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STATEMENT MADE DESCRIBING THE DEGREE OF ANGER
MAD AS TUCK WAS WHEN SUE DIED.
Submitter comment:
WHY WAS HE MAD? BECAUSE SHE DIED AND LEFT HIM ALL OF THE COTTON
TO PICK.
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAMES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
MAD AS A WET HEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
MOD LIKE A RUG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
AS COLD AS MY BOSS'S HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WXYZ RADIO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
GOONEY AS A MONKEY'S UNCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IN THAILAND, IT IS CONSIDERED A TREMENDOUS COMPLIMENT
TO CALL A WOMAN AS BEAUTIFUL AS A WHITE ELEPHANT.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RED AS A LOBSTER.
Where learned: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
RARE AS TOAD HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
RICH AS MILK AND HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
ROUGH AS A COB.
Submitter comment: SAID OF A BOISTROUS PERSON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
LIFE IS LIKE AN ONION, YOU PEEL IT OFF A LAYER
AT A TIME, SOMETIMES YOU WEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
LIFE IS LIKE THE SAND ON A BEACH BENEATH THE
FOREVER SHIFTING TIDE.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
METAPHOR
LIGHT AS A FEATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: THE BLINDMAN
LIKE A BLINDMAN LEADING ANOTHER BLINDMAN.
Submitter comment:
SUCH IS COMPARABLE TO AN UNEXPERIENCED
GIVING ADVICE TO ANOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
LIKE A FLASH IN THE PAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968