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PROVERB
TRANSLATION: LIES HAVE SHORT LEGS. (IN THE SENSE THAT
THEY ARE QUICKLY DISCOVERED)
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1967