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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
A PROMISE IS A CRAZY MAN'S DREAM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER BOYFRIEND WHO IS SLOVAK.
HE 'LL SAY THIS PROVERB OCCASIONALLY IN SLOVAK (SIC) .
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METONYMY
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-20-1971