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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
"...LIKE A SNAKE IN THE GRASS."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-17-1968
PROVERB
TRANSLATION: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
POLISH: JAKI AJCIEC TOKI SYN.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
POLISH PROVERB
TRANSLATION: LONELY AS A FINGER IN THE SOUP.
POLISH: SAMATNY JAK POLEC W ZUPIIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION REFERS TO THE FACT THAT WHEN
CARRYING A BOWL OF SOUP, ONLY ONE FINGER IS
ON THE SIDE.
MY FATHER REMEMBERS THIS EXPRESSION FROM POLAND.
THE FIRST TIME HE REMEMBERS HEARING IT WAS FROM A JEW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PROVERB: UGLY
ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THAT A THING IS UGLY IS TO SAY THAT
IT "LOOKS LIKE THE WRATH OF GOD!"
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER FRIENDS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERB
LOWER THAN A SNAKE'S HIPS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
SCARCER THAN HEN'S TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-03-1970
SHAKY AS A LEAF
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TONGUE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
SHE FELT SO LOW, SHE HAD TO REACH UP TO TIE HER SHOELACES.
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: PORT CLINTON ; NO STATE GIVEN
Keyword(s): DEPRESSION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
SHE IS DRESSED LIKE A RAW ONION.
Submitter comment: IF A WOMAN IS OVER DRESSES, THE FLEMISH SAY {THIS.}
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
POLISH PROVERB
SHE'S GETTING READY LIKE MISS {SLOW POKE} GUZDRALSKA FOR
HER WEDDING.
TOYBIERA SIE JAK PANNA GUZDRALSKA DO SLUBU (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THE NAME MISS GUZDRALSKA CAN BE TRANSLATED AS MISS SLOW-
POKE AND THIS CHARACTER IS KNOWN IN POLISH LITERATURE
AS A YOUNG MAIDEN WHO'S ONLY BAD TRAIT WAS HER TARDINESS.
I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
SHE IS HARD AS NAILS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SKINNY AS A RAIL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
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SLIPPERY AS AN EEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RETORT
SLOW AS A SNAIL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLOW AS SORGHUM IN JANUARY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SMART {SIC} AS A TACK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
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