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GERMAN SAYING
REDEN IST SILBER; SCHWEIGEN IST GOLD.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATION: TALK IS WORTH SILVER; SILENCE IS WORTH GOLD. THIS
SAYING WAS USED WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS LITTLE TO POLITELY TELL HIM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE SHORES
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1962