Date:  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 11:03:02 -0800

From:  Peter McGraw <pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CALVIN.LINFIELD.EDU>

Subject: Re: Proverbial Knowledge



On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Joseph B. Monda wrote:



> One variant that I've enjoyed is "You've buttered your bread, now lie in it!"

>

> Joe Monda

>



Have you heard more than one person use that variant? It sounds like a

malapropism, along the lines of one used by my childhood buddy's mother:

"That's a horse of a different feather."



>From my own family: "Like throwing pearls before sows' ears," and "[it's

so difficult it's] like pulling hens' teeth."



To my knowledge, these never spread beyond the coiner, except for passing

into my family's permanent store of humourous usage.



Peter McGraw

Linfield College

McMinnville, OR