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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR-- FLEMISH
NO NEED FOR CANDLELIGHT OR MONOCLE IF THE OWL IS BLIND.
NO USE IN ARGUING. THE OTHER PERSON DOESN'T LISTEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
FROM BELGUIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION?
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967