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PROVERB: NO BEAUTY FROM UGLINESS
YOU CANNOT MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: LIMITS OF LEADERSHIP
YOU CAN TAKE (OR LEAD) A HORSE TO WATER, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM
DRINK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB: QUIET DEPTH
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: TOO MANY COOKS
TOO MANY HANDS SPOIL THE BROTH.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
COMMON SAYING
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD,
BUT IT HELPS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
TIME AND TIDE WAITS FOR NO MAN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
SPEAKING OF LUCK--IF IT WAS RAINING SOUP, I'D BE
LEFT OUT WITH A FORK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
SPARE THE ROD, AND SPOIL THE CHILD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
SMILE AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
SHOW ME YOUR COMPANY AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Keyword(s): BIRDS OF A FEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO PUT A BEE IN YOUR BONNET.
Submitter comment:
IT MEANS TO TELL A BIT OF GOSSIP, FOR EXAMPLE:
"LET ME PUT A BEE IN YOUR BONNET."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Keyword(s): THRIFT FRUGALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
NOTHING IS CERTAIN BUT DEATH AND TAXES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972