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DRINKING SAYING
TO SAY THAT ONE DRINKS LIKE A FISH IS A FALLACY BECAUSE FISH DRINK
VERY LITTLE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): FISH
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DRUNK AS AN OWL.
Submitter comment: PICKED UP BY THE INFORMANT FROM SOUTHERN KENTUCKY FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; WIDE-EYED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
PRETTY BORING
DULL AS A HOE
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DUMB AS A DOORKNOB
Submitter comment:
USED WHEN POINTING OUT HOW IGNORANT A PERSON OR ANIMAL IS IN A
GIVEN SITUATION. INFORMANT USES THIS SOMETIMES WHEN HE WAS ANGRY.
HE HAS HEARD IT USED BY MANY OTHERS AT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
PROVERB
DUMBER THAN A BOX OF ROCKS.
IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN ORDER TO INDICATE THAT SOMEONE ISNT VERY
BRIGHT, WE SAY THAT HE IS : DUMBER THAN A BOX OF ROCKS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DUMBER THAN YOU LOOK
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SHREWD CHARACTER
DUMB LIKE A FOX
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
ROLY-POLY
BIG AS A BARREL.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): SIZE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A ONE ARM PAPER HANGER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED TO CONVEY MUCH ACTIVITY. A PAPER HANGER IS A PERSON
WHO IN THE OLD DAYS HUNG WALLPAPER. A PERSON WHO HANGS WALL PAPER
WITH ONE ARM IS AN EXTREMELY BUSY PERSON. INFORMANT USES THIS TO
CONVEY A BUSY SITUATION. HE FOUND THIS QUITE AMUSING AND FIRST
HEARD IT AT WORK.
Data entry tech comment: GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-15-1971
PROVERB
JAKA LATKA TAKA MATKA. (POLISH)
LIKE THE MENDING, SO THE MOTHER. (TRANSLATION)
THAT IS,
BY THEIR WORKS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM.
Data entry tech comment: TRANSLATION BY MRS. K.J. UNIECHOWSKI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME (IN ORIGINAL)
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERB
CENSORSHIP IS LIKE AN APPENDIX. WHEN INERT IT IS USELESS, WHEN
ACTIVE IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; EPIGRAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CLEAN AS A PIN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
PROVERB
CLEAR AS MUD.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
Entry filtered.
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
EASY AS PIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EYES LIKE TWO BURNT HOLES IN A BLANKET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON (SIMILE)
A NATION'S MORALS ARE LIKE ITS TEETH} THE WORSE THEY ARE DECAYED
THE MORE IT HURTS TO TOUCH THEM G. B. SHAW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
NERVOUS AS A HEN ON A HOT SHOVEL
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER LEARNED THIS EXPRESSION AS A CHILD ON A FARM IN CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: HOME ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): BIRDS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANXIETY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
NERVOUS AS A LONG TAILED CAT IN A ROOM OF ROCKING CHAIRS
USED WHEN TRYING TO POINT OUT HOW NERVOUS A PERSON, YOURSELF
OR SOMEONE ELSE, CAN BECOME IN A GIVEN SITUATION
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS BEING USED DURING HIS CHILDHOOD
HE HAS USED IT AND HEARD OTHERS USE IT IN TIMES OF STRESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANXIETY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1971