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Keyword(s): STUPIDITY FOLLY ERROR ABSURDITY THOUGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
THIS BREAD IS AS HARD AS A ROCK.
(OR) THIS BREAD IS TOUGHER THAN NAILS.
Submitter comment:
WHEN A PIECE OF BREAD IS HARD OR STALE, A POPULAR,
TRADITIONAL COMPARISON IS:
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1970
... TILL HELL FREEZES OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSLATION: FOREVER/NEVER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
TO BRING HOME THE BACON
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TOO MANY COOKS, SPOIL THE BROTH.
Submitter comment:
{GERMAN} ZUVIELE KOECHE, VERDERBEN DEN BREI.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
POLISH PROVERB
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE STEW.
Submitter comment:
{POLISH:} GDZIE KUCHAREK SZESC, TAM NIE MA
JESC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SACRED HEART SEMINARY
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
POLISH PROVERB
TO THINK ABOUT BLUE ALMONDS.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: MUSLEC A NIEBIESKICH MIGDATACH.
USED WHEN ONE DREAMS OF SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE.
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER.
Keyword(s): FOOD NUTS
| Subject headings: | -- |
COMPARISON
TWIXT OPTIMIST PESSIMIST BUT DIFFERENCES GROW: THE OPTIMIST
SEES THE DONUT AND THE PESSIMIST THE HOLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
VINEGAR CATCHES NO FLIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD INSECTS ODOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
A WARRIOR USES A TOOTHPICK EVEN WHEN HE HAS NOT
EATEN (NO MEAL)
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN.
Keyword(s): WAR FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
A COOKING POT
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID WHEN ONE HAS HIGH HOPES FOR SOMETHING AND
LITTLE PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-23-1971
THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH.
Keyword(s): FOOD LOVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SEE THE ROAST
WE DON'T WANT SMOKE, WE WANT TO SEE THE ROAST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TAUGHT THIS BY HIS FATHER IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD FIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
RUSSIAN PROVERB
WHEN ALL OF MAN'S TEETH ARE GONE, COME BEARERS WITH NUTS.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V333 |
Date learned: 00001905-
POLISH PROVERB
WHEN A POLISH PERSON IS HUNGRY, HE IS ANGRY.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: POLAK GDY GTODNY, TO ZTY.
THERE IS AN ADDITION TO THIS SAYING SOMETIMES.
POLISH: ... A GDY SIE NAJE TO MY SIE SPAC CHCE.
...AND WHEN HE EATS ENOUGH, THEN HE'S SLEEPY.
MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
WHEN HE HAS MORE THAN HE CAN EAT,
TO FEED A STRANGER'S NOT A FEAT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
GESTURE
AMERICANS WILL SAY "I AM SORRY" BUT GERMANS SAY "ES TUT
MIR LEID" WHICH TRANSLATED MEANS "IT GRIEVES ME".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): FOREIGN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WHILE I LIVED IN IRELAND I NOTICED THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD SAY
THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE (AMERICANS) WOULD. FOR EXAMPLE:
THE TIME IS HALF-TWO, INSTEAD OF TWO-THIRTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): FOREIGN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
WHILE I LIVED IN IRELAND I NOTICED THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD SAY
THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE (AMERICANS) WOULD. FOR EXAMPLE:
I'LL SEE YOU TUESDAY A WEEK INSTEAD OF I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): FOREIGN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971