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PROVERB
(TRANSLATION)
THE CAMEL NEVER SEES HIS OWN HUMP, BUT HE SEES THE DUST IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE.
(TRANSLATION)
IL JAMMED MU SHOOS HEL DUBTA, BUS BE SHOOF IL USHE BE
AYND GUYROO. (LEBANESE ASSUMED)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS CRITICISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
MORAL PROVERB
CAME TO THE END OF THE BRIDGE.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
SAME AS COMING TO THE END OF ROPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
DEFINITION
CANADIANS ARE NICKLE-PLATED AMERICANS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM ; NATIONALISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
AFRICAN PROVERB (EVIDENTLY TRANSLATION)
CAN'T ALWAYS LET YOUR RIGHT HAND SEE WHAT YOUR LEFT HAND IS
DOING? (AFRICAN)
Submitter comment: MEANING: YOU CANT ALWAYS LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; SENSES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
CANT HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO...UNLESS YOU HAVE TWO CAKES.'
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
Keyword(s): VARIANT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): IRONY ; PLANTS ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): MINUTE DETAILS OBSCURE GOAL ; SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IRISH SAYING
CAN'T THE CAT LOOK AT THE QUEEN?
Submitter comment: MEANING: HAVE I NO RIGHTS AT ALL?
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): JUSTICE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
MAXIM
CAN'T WIN FOR LOSING.
Submitter comment: NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE BUT PROBABLY HEARD THIS FROM MY FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
SAYING
THE CARPENTER'S DOOR IS BROKEN.
Submitter comment: MEANING FIX UP YOUR OWN BUSINESS BEFORE TRYING TO FIX OTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CARRY YOUR OWN LOAD.
Submitter comment:
FROM UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
THE CAT
A CAT HAS NINE LIVES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; NUMBERS ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
THE CAT IN GLOVES CATCHES NO MICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANTHROPOMORPHISM
James Callow Keyword(s): AGGRESIVENESS ; OBSERVATION ; RESTRAINTS ; RESTRICTIONS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
PROVERB
CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG.
Submitter comment: MEANING: SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN KEPT SECRET IS NO LONGER A SECRET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
PROVERB
THE CAT WHO CAN'T REACH THE FISH, SAYS THEY SMELL.
GREEK?
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM GREEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): JEALOUSY ; OBSERVATION ; SOUR GRAPES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SHIP PROVERB
THE CAPTAIN ALWAYS GOES DOWN WITH HIS SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; LOYALTY ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE CAULIFLOWER IS A CABBAGE WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
PROVERB
CAUTION NEVER CREATES EMBARRASSMENT.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
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
PROVERB
A CHAIN IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Iron ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-24-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A CHAIR HAS A BACK BUT IT DOESN'T WEAR A COAT.
Submitter comment:
MEANING HERE THAT MOST THINGS THAT DO HAVE A BACK ARE ABLE TO
WEAR A COAT. IT'S AN ATTEMPT AT PERSONIFICATION.
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME AT A DINNER I ATTENDED. I HEARD THIS USED AS A
RETORT RATHER THAN A RIDDLE, I.E. THAT'S LIKE THE ONE OF THE CHAIR
THAT HAS A BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; FUNCTION ; HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1971