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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THAT WON'T LAST AS LONG AS A SNOWBALL IN HELL
Submitter comment: COMMON SAYING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. APPLY IT TO ANYTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
IN A RUSH
THERE HE GOES LIKE "A BAT OUT OF HELL"
Submitter comment: A SAYING WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN A HURRY.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
MORAL PROVERB (PRIES ADSIAI)
THEY LIVE LIKE BROTHERS AND LOVE EACH OTHER LIKE SISTERS.
Submitter comment: {TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN}
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
MORAL PROVERB (PRIES ADSIAI)
THEY LIVE LIKE THE AX DOES WITH A STONE.
Submitter comment:
(AX HAS USE FOR THE STONE, BUT STONE DOESN'T HAVE
MUCH USE FOR THE AX)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
THICK AS TWO IN BED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
THIS BREAD IS AS HARD AS A ROCK.
(OR) THIS BREAD IS TOUGHER THAN NAILS.
Submitter comment:
WHEN A PIECE OF BREAD IS HARD OR STALE, A POPULAR,
TRADITIONAL COMPARISON IS:
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1970
TIME IS LIKE A SWORD. IF YOU DON'T CUT IT, IT WILL CUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
TIRED AS A HEN PULLING RAILS.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER LEARNED THIS EXPRESSION AS A CHILD
ON A FARM IN CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
TO GET IN IS ALWAYS EASIER THAN TO GET OUT.
Submitter comment:
ORIGIN: HEARD IT WHEN SHE WORKED IN A TEA ROOM
AS A YOUNG GIRL IN LONDON, CANADA - 1900'S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
THE WAY OF TRUTH IS LIKE A GREAT ROAD --- IT IS NOT DIFFICULT
TO KNOW IT. THE EVIL IS ONLY THAT MEN WILL NOT SEEK IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
THE WEATHER IS LIKE A DOG'S NOSE.
Submitter comment:
(COLD AND WET)
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): RAIN SLEET ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
GREETING
WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
THE WIFE IS AS MEEK AS A LAMB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
IF A STORY SPREADS QUICKLY, ONE SAYS "LIKE WILDFIRE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
PROVERB
WISE AS AN OWL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
PROVEREB
A WISE MAN ADAPTS HIMSELF TO CIRCUMSTANCES AS WATER SHAPES ITSELF
TO THE VESSEL THAT CONTAINS IT.
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A WORD FITLY SPOKEN IS LIKE APPLES OF GOLD IN A PICTURE OF SILVER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-09-1964
PROVERB
WORDS FITLY SPOKEN ARE LIKE APPLES OF GOLD IN PICTURES OF SILVER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS TAKEN FROM W.W. BREESE, M.D., "WELL SPRINGS OF TRUTH,"
PAGE 679, LINE 16. INFORMANT SAYS, "THIS OLD BOOK WAS GIVEN TO
ME SOME YEARS AGO. IT IS FULL OF VARIOUS SAYINGS OR PROVERBS, BUT
THE QUESTION ARISES: ARE THEY FOLKLORE?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
PROVERB: HARD WORK
WORK LIKE A DOG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
WRINKLED AS A CAT'S ASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN