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COMPARISON
APPLE PIE WITHOUT SOME CHEESE
IS LIKE A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; GO-TOGETHERS MATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
PROVERB
I FRYKO MEDALEKO BTTADE BID IFRINKO (RUSSIAN)
THIS MEANS:
AN APPLE WON'T FALL FAR FROM ITS TREE, AND IS SIMILAR
TO THE AMERICAN 'LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.'
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
PROVERB
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME
PROVERB
AN ARM HOLDING A CUP CANNOT STRETCH OUTWARDS.
Submitter comment:
A MAN FEELS A DEEPER LOVE TOWARDS HIS INTIMATES THAN TOWARDS OTHER
PEOPLE; BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Data entry tech comment: KOREAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KOREA ; SEOUL
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER PROVERB
ARTHRITIC PAIN, SURE TO BRING RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB PHRASE
AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PHRASE
AS BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS BLUE AS THE SKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
BROAD SHOULDERS
AS BROAD BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS AS A HERRING IS BETWEEN THE EYES.
(DESCRIBING A GUY WITH SLENDER SHOULDERS.)
Submitter comment:
MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HER 82 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER EVA HARMON
OF FRENCH DESCENT CURRENTLY RESIDING IN ALGONAC, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FISH ; HUMAN BODY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS COLD AS A WITCH'S TIT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NEW ROCHELLE
Keyword(s): CLIMATE ; DEFINITION ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
MORAL PROVERB
AS DELICIOUS AS NINE HONEYS.
PRIEZ ADSIAI (LITHUANIAN)
Submitter comment:
ONE HONEY IS DELICIOUS BY ITSELF BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE NINE OF THEM?
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Data entry tech comment: CATHERINE, YOU'RE A HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; INSECT ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
SMASHED
AS FLAT AS A PANCAKE
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): SHAPE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
COMPARISON
AS GRACEFUL AS A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY CLUMSINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
POLISH PROVERB
AS I OFFERED MYSELF, SO I WILL GO.
Submitter comment:
THE ORIGIN OF THIS SAYING IS POPULAR. SUPPOSEDLY
THERE WAS A PILGRIMAGE
GOING TO THE SHRINE IN CZESTOCHSEVA, POLAND. THE GROUP
NEARS A STREAM THEY MUST CROSS. THE MEN PULL UP THEIR PANT LEGS AND
THE WOMEN PULL THEIR SKIRTS OVER THEIR HEADS, LEAVING THEIR SLIPS BENEATH,
IN ORDER TO CROSS. ONE WOMAN, BY MISTAKE, PULLED EVERY-
THING UP. WHEN THEY FINALLY CROSSED A MAN BEHIND HER CALLS OUT IN
SURPRISE, 'WOMAN, HOW ARE YOU GOING.(SIC)' SHE ANSWERS VERY FERVENT-
LY, IN REFERENCE TO HER INTENTIONS, 'AS I OFFERED MYSELF, SO I WILL
GO.' MY GRANDFATHER KNOWS THE SAYING AND STORY FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: VERY CONCISE COMMENT, AND MEANINGFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS IRISH AS PADDY'S PIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): NAME: PADDY ; NATIONALISM ; PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
AS LIFE, SO DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; IRONY
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
OLD JEWISH SAYING
ASK FOR A WOMAN'S ADVICE AND DO THE OPPOSITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PARADOX ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
ASK ME NO QUESTIONS, AND I WILL TELL YOU NO LIES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): HONESTY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU; ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR
YOUR COUNTRY.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM ; PATRIOTISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS ODD AS KATE CARNEY'S CAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; ANIMATED NATURE ; PROPER NAME
James Callow Keyword(s): ECCENTRICITY ; PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960