American Proverb

Nationality: Cuban/African American
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Residence: Oakland
Performance Date: 4/12/17
Primary Language: English

Informant: My friend whose mom would tell her this.

Original Script: “you got caviar dreams and tuna fish money”

Background: This proverb means that a person has expensive taste, in my friends case likes expensive clothing but she didn’t have expensive clothing money.

Thoughts: This proverb was very comical, it matched up with the American lifestyle we live, everyone wants the next new expensive product but, no one as the money to buy it.