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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT'S LIKE GETTING THE MILK WITHOUT BUYING THE COW
Where learned: BOYFRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT BENEFITS INJUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT'S LIKE GETTING THE CREAM WITHOUT BUYING THE COFFEE
Where learned: BOYFRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT BENEFITS INJUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
MY EYES ARE BIGGER THAN MY STOMACH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): APPETITE ; COMPARISON ; EATING ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
ARABIAN SAYING
MY BROTHER AND I FIGHT AGAINST OUR COUSIN;
OUR COUSIN AND WE FIGHT AGAINST OUR ENEMY.
Submitter comment:
EXPLANATION OF HOW THE ARAB NATIONS COULD UNITE AGAINST THE
ISRAELI PEOPLE DESPITE THEIR INTERNAL STRIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; RELATIVES UNITE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
PROVERB
MORGENSTUND HAT GALD IN MUND.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): GELD ; GERMAN ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A MOB IS A MONSTER -- HEADS ENOUGH, BUT NO BRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
PROVERB
MILK FOR THE YOUNG,
MEAT FOR THE MAN,
BEER FOR THE AGED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS AS HE PULLED A BEER FROM THE ICEBOX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
POLISH PROVERB
MARTIN WAS TEACHING LITTLE MARTIN, BUT HE HIMSELF
WAS AS STUPID AS A PIG.
TRANSLATION OF:
ULCZYT MARCIN MARCINN, A PAM GTUPI JAK S'IVINIA.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS USED IN REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO IMPRESS OTHERS
WITH SOMETHING HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT.
MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; POLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVANCE ; PERSONAL NAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
FIGURE OF SPEECH
MARY SLOAN IS NOT THE BIGGEST CATFISH IN MY SEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DETROIT ZOO
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; PERSONAL NAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-20-1967
RUSSIAN PROVERB
MARRIAGE IS ONLY ONE 'YES' PRECEDED BY THOUSANDS OF 'NO'S'.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001898-1905
PROVERB
MANY HANDS LIFT A HEAVY LOAD.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
THE MAN WHO IS BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH,
SELDOM MAKES MUCH STIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS OUR FAMILY DOCTOR. HE ALWAYS TOLD THIS TO EVERY NEW
PARENT.
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; METAPHOR ; OBERSERVATION ; REPUTATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY TODAY... EVEN IF IT'S YOURSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CAR SIGN
James Callow Keyword(s): SONG TITLE: MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
AGRICULTURAL PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
MAKE LOVE WHILE THE MOON SHINES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; INCREMENTAL REPITITION ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
STATEMENT MADE DESCRIBING THE DEGREE OF ANGER
MAD AS TUCK WAS WHEN SUE DIED.
Submitter comment:
WHY WAS HE MAD? BECAUSE SHE DIED AND LEFT HIM ALL OF THE COTTON
TO PICK.
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAMES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
"WE BURY OTHERS, WHY NOT YOU;
EVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT ; FUNERAL HOME SLOGAN?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
A SIGN IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL PARLOR READS:
"PLAN AHEAD--SIGN UP NOW FOR OUR LAY-A-WAY PLAN."
Submitter comment:
SORRY TO SAY, DON'T KNOW THE FUNERAL HOME, BUT
SOMWHERE IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
ITALIAN PROVERB
SO MANY HEADS
SO MANY OPINIONS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DISAGREEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE UNKNOWN
TALK IS CHEAP
TALK IS CHEAP, BUT IT TAKES MONEY TO BUY A COW.
Submitter comment: CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): {THIS IS WHY ALL FARMERS ARE MUTE.} {??!!}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |