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SHE WHO INDULGES, BULGES.
Submitter comment: IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH, YOU'LL GET "OUT OF SHAPE."
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1984
EAT NOT, WANT NOT.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU DON'T EAT SOMETHING, SOON YOU NO LONGER HAVE A TASTE
FOR IT.
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1984
IF YOU EAT IN EXCESS, YOU CAN'T FIT YOUR DRESS.
Submitter comment:
APPLICABLE TO WOMEN.
IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH, YOU GET TOO LARGE FOR YOUR CLOTHES.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1984
WHEN IN DOUBT, MUMBLE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
SAYING
A MAN WHO KEEPS DIRTY FINGERNAILS DO NOT TOUCH MUCH WATER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
JOKE
OLD REFRIGERATORS NEVER DIE, THEY JUST LOSE THEIR COOL.
James Callow comment: TO "LOSE YOUR COOL" IS SLANG FOR LOSE YOUR APLOMB OR COMPOSURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY OF PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT
JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVED IT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1941 ; 00-00-1985
A MAN IS OLD AS HE'S FEELING, A WOMAN
AS OLD AS SHE LOOKS.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVED IT THEN AND NOW.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965 ; 00-00-1985
THE BEST ANSWER TO ANGER IS SILENCE.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968 ; 00-00-1985
IT'S BETTER TO BE PROFICIENT IN ONE
ART THAN A SMATTERER IN A HUNDRED.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1971 ; 00-00-1985
GRATITUDE IS THE LEAST OF VIRTUES, BUT
INGRATITUDE THE WORST OF VICES.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: JAMAICA ; PRINCETON
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1977 ; 00-00-1985
WHILE DRIVING TO SCHOOL LAST SEMESTER
I HEARD A DISC JOCKEY COMPLAIN ABOUT WOMEN.
"YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.....WOMEN, YOU
CAN'T LIVE WITH THEM, AND YOU CAN'T
SHOOT THEM."
Submitter comment: SOMETIMES I THINK THIS IS VERY TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
WHEN MY MOTHER WAS YOUNGER HER GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD
HER, "TO HAVE LOTS OF CHICKENS, YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH
A COCKY ROOSTER. TO HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN, YOU HAVE TO PUT
UP WITH A HUSBAND".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950CA
NEVER SAY GOOD BYE, SAY SO LONG.
Submitter comment:
GOOD BYE MEANS FOREVER, SO LONG
MEANS YOU WILL BE BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
WHEN WE DRINK, WE GET DRUNK.
WHEN WE GET DRUNK, WE GO TO SLEEP.
WHEN WE GO TO SLEEP, WE COMMIT NO SIN.#
WHEN WE COMMIT NO SIN, WE GO TO HEAVEN
SO LET'S ALL GET DRUNK AND GO TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN OF REASONING ; HUMOR ; SYLLOGISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING FROM YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU
WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER WOULD ALWAYS MAKE THIS COMMENT TO MY MOTHER
TO JOKINGLY SUGGEST HIS DISGUST FOR HIS CHILDREN.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
EAT YOUR FOOD, REMEMBER THE POOR STARVING PEOPLE IN AFRICA.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-03-1987
NO GAINS WITHOUT PAINS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-10-1987
YOU ARE JUDGED BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP. (BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK
TOGETHER.) (ASSOCIATION BRINGS ABOUT EMULATION.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-11-1987
IT'S NOT THE COUGH THAT CARRIES YOU OFF;
IT'S THE COFFIN THEY CARRY YOU OFF IN.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER FATHER, WHENEVER SHE HAD
A BAD COLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): VIRUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PUN ON COUGHING, COFFIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |