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PROVERB
PUT BREAD BETWEEN YOUR TEETH AND YOUR HUNGER SHALL RETURN.
Submitter comment:
THE MEANING BEHIND THIS SAYING IS LITERAL. IF A PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE,
COMES HOME FROM WORK AND SAYS HE/SHE IS NOT HUNGRY, IT WILL TAKE
JUST ONE BITE OF THE DINNER THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED TO CHANGE THEIR
MIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-25-1982
PROVERB
THE LORD GIVES NUTS TO THOSE WITH NO TEETH.
Submitter comment:
THE MEANING BEHIND THIS SAYING IS THAT A PERSON WHO IS
UNAGGRESSIVE OR AFRAID TO GO AFTER WHAT HE/SHE WANTS WILL BE LEFT
WITH THINGS THEY DON'T WANT OR CAN'T USE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-25-1982
PROVERB
LONG POCKET, SHORT ARMS.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING REFERS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TIGHT WITH THEIR MONEY; THEY
CAN'T REACH INTO THEIR POCKETS BECAUSE, FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING,
THEIR ARMS CAN'T REACH THE MONEY THAT'S IN THE POCKET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): STINGINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-25-1982
PROVERB
IT'S GOT TO PINCH TO HURT.
Submitter comment:
THE MEANING BEHIND THIS SAYING IS THAT PERSON A CAN'T KNOW THE PAIN
PERSON B IS FEELING UNLESS PERSON A EXPERIENCES IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-25-1982
PROVERB
FLESH ONLY BY CONTRACT.
Submitter comment:
THE MEANING BEHIND THIS SAYING IS THAT THE BOND BETWEEN MARRIED
PEOPLE IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE ONE BETWEEN BROTHER AND SISTER,
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, ETC. THE MARRIED COUPLE IS TOGETHER,
OR "FLESH," ONLY THROUGH A MARRIAGE CONTRACT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-25-1982
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING
Submitter comment:
WHEN YOU'RE TEAM IS LOSING, OR THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL
YOU MUST BEAR DOWN AND TRY ALL THAT MUCH HARDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001980S
HEALTH PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Submitter comment:
SUPPOSEDLY, ALL THE NUTRIENTS OF AN APPLE WILL KEEP YOU
HEALTHY. THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR ME BECAUSE I'M HYPOGLYCEMIC,
AND I CAN'T EAT FOODS HIGH IN CARBOHYDRATES--SUCH AS APPLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY: DOCTOR FOR DISEASE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S
SOME PEOPLE FALL FOR EVERYTHING AND STAND FOR NOTHING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A PUN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
Proverb
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
Submitter comment:
ANYTHING YOU HAVE IS BETTER THAN SOMETHING YOU ARE DREAMING OF.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD - 01-19-2011
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
NO MATTER HOW HIGH A BIRD FLIES HE ALWAYS HAS TO COME BACK
DOWN TO EARTH TO GET HIS FOOD.
Submitter comment: THIS IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ALSO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
Submitter comment: IF YOU DO BAD THINGS TO PEOPLE, THEN THEY WILL DO BAD THINGS TO YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
ONE MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE.
Submitter comment: CONTRAST THROUGH ALLITERATION.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
ONE MAN'S MEAT IS ANOTHER MAN'S POISON.
Submitter comment:
ONE MAN MAY MAKE A LIVING BY SWIMMING, AND ANOTHER MAN
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SWIM AT ALL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
USE YOUR HEAD FOR MORE THAN A HAT RACK.
Submitter comment: YOUR BRAIN IS IN YOUR HEAD SO USE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND.
Submitter comment: TWO PEOPLE BOTH INCAPABLE OF ACCOMPLISHING ANYTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-13-1982
PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS SAYING MANY TIMES FROM MY MOTHER WIHLE I WAS GROWING UP
IT MEANS TO ACT NOW WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE. REFERENCE IS TO
FARMERS WHO MUST WORK IN THE FIELDS WHILE THE SUN IS STILL UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS SAYING MANY TIMES FROM MY MOTHER WHILE I WAS GROWING UP.
THE MEANING IS TO ACT NOW, WHILE ONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY. REFERENCE
IS TO THE FLAT IRON WHICH HAD TO BE HEATED ON A STOVE, USED FOR
PRESSING CLOTHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
PROVERB
WHAT YOUR HEAD DOESN'T DO, YOUR FEET MUST.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ANOTHER SAYING I HEARD FROM MY MOTHER. IT MEANS THAT IF YOU
DON'T DO EVERYTHING THE FIRST TIME, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO
THINGS OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
KEEP YOUR SKIRTTAIL DOWN AND YOUR UNDERWEAR UP.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT HER MOTHER USED TO GIVE HER THIS ADVICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B545 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
PROVERB
MY MOTHER ONCE SAID, HE WHO TROUBLETH HIS OWN HOUSE SHALL
INHERIT THE WIND. PROV. 2.27.
Submitter comment:
IF PARENTS ARE CRUEL OR MEAN TO THEIR CHILDREN AND FAIL TO HAVE A
GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR CHILDREN WHILE THEIR CHILDREN ARE AT
HOME, THEN WHEN THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BECOME GROWN AND LEAVE HOME
THE PARENTS WILL BECOME DISTRESS AND ANGUISH TO HEART.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1950