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Proverb
Draft beer not students.
Submitter comment:
Sit-ins.
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[Common saying at sit-ins and picket lines.]
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Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; BEER ; Beverages ; COLLEGE ; DRINK ; DRINKING ; Picket Line ; Protest ; Sit-In ; Students
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Proverbial Metaphor:
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Submitter comment:
Don't be antagonistic to those who help you.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; Bite ; GREED ; Hand ; METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
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Motifs added by TRD
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; Bite ; GREED ; Hand ; METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
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From - Uncertain
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ;
Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; Bite ; GREED ; Hand ; METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't cross the bridge before you come to it
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Motifs added by TRD
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Keyword(s): ANTICIPATION ; Bridge ; Choices ; DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Words of Wisdom:
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Submitter comment:
Handed down to Shirley from her father, Frank.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Barrel ; Bushel ; LIGHT ; POTENTIAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
The early bird catches the worm
Submitter comment:
Informant doesn't remember where she first heard it.
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Motifs added by TRD
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Keyword(s): BIRD ; Early ; Forethought ; Worm
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
The early bird catches the worm
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Motifs added by TRD
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Repalced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): BIRD ; CATCH ; Early ; FOOD ; Forethought ; Worm
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Early Bird:
The early bird catches the worm
Submitter comment:
Heard this in grade school
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Added the BN [V200] to the top right corner of the card
Keyword(s): BIRD ; CATCH ; Early ; FOOD ; Forethought ; Worm
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Rise ; WEALTH ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Fine as frogs hairs.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classifications.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMPHIBIAN ; ANIMAL ; FROG ; HAIR ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Proverb
Polish Proverb:
Narva miotta dobrze zamiata
Translation: A new broom sweeps clean
Submitter comment:
I know this from my parents.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): BROOM ; ETHNIC ; JOB ; METAPHOR ; New ; POLISH ; Task ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
No rest for the wicked
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. replaced with current classifications.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Busy ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Rest ; Wicked
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
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Proverb Phrase - Written across top of card
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The word Phrase is crossed out.
Original BN [V600] is crossed out.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANT ; Preach ; PROVERB ; PRUDENCE ; Seminary ; SILENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
One today is worth two tomorrows.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; One ; Today ; TOMORROW ; Two
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Time is an herb that cures all diseases
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Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): CURE ; DISEASE ; Herb ; PATIENCE ; PREVENTION ; REMEDY ; TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
To Eat Humble Pie:
To eat humble pie means to occupy an inferior position
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Proverbial Phrase
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Concede ; FOOD ; Humble ; HUMILITY ; Inferior ; METAPHOR ; Pie
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Too many cooks spoil the broth
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Motifs added by TRD
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Broth ; Chef ; Cooks ; FOOD ; METAPHOR ; Stew
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Too many cooks spoil the broth
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Motifs added by TRD
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Broth ; Chef ; Cooks ; Spoil ; Stew
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Too many cooks spoil the broth
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Motifs added by TRD
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Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Broth ; Chef ; Cooks ; FOOD ; Spoil ; Stew
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |