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PROVERB: LAZINESS
LAZINESS TRAVELS SO SLOWLY, POVERTY USUALLY OVERTAKES
IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBS
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: CHIPS
LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
THE LONGER I CHEWED, THE BIGGER IT GOT.
Submitter comment:
REFERRING TO SOMETHING WHICH IS BEING CHEWED SUCH AS A
PIECE OF TOUGH MEAT:
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; WELSH
Keyword(s): EATING FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
LOVE CAN'T BE BOUGHT AT THE MARKET.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T BUY LOVE. IT MUST BE EARNED.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Bought ; LOVE ; Market ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Purchase
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
LOVE COMES IN AT THE WINDOW AND OUT AT THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT LOVE GROWS, SO THAT AFTER LOVING
SOMEONE A LONG TIME, YOUR LOVE IS BIGGER THAN IT
WAS WHEN YOU BEGAN TO LOVE THE PERSON.
Data entry tech comment:
LOVE GOES OUT THE WINDOW WHEN POVERTY COMES IN THE
DOOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT LOVE CANNOT BE SHUT UP.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-18-1972
PROVERB
LOVE MAKES A GOOD EYE SQUINT.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT LOVE CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO GO ASTRAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-18-1972
PROVERB
LOVE WILL CREEP WHERE IT CANNOT GO.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT LOVE WILL FIND A WAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-05-1972
PROVERB
LYING RIDES ON DEATH'S BACK.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT LYING CAN CAUSE SERIOUS, PERHAPS FATAL,
RESULTS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-05-1972
PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
MALICE HAS A SHARP SIGHT AND A LONG MEMORY.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, WHEN YOU WANT TO HURT SOMEONE, YOU
BECOME ALERT TO THE POSSIBLE WAYS OF DOING IT AND YOU
REMEMBER THE HURT LONGER.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-02-1972
PROVERB
MAN IS THE HEAD BUT WOMAN TURNS IT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-28-1972
PROVERB
MANY THINGS GROW IN THE GARDEN WHICH IS NEVER SOWED.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THE MORE YOU STIR, THE WORSE IT WILL STINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID OF A STICKY SITUATION OF WHICH THERE MAY
BE NO WAY OUT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
PROVERB
MY HOMETOWN'S SO SMALL, IF YOU BLINK DRIVING THROUGH IT,
YOU'LL MISS IT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
MY STOMACH'LL THINK MY THROAT'S BEEN CUT.
Submitter comment: SAID WHEN SOMEONE'S REAL HUNGRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THEY ARE NEIGHBORHOOD SAINTS AND A HOME DEVIL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
NEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING MEANS WHEN SOMEBODY GIVES YOU SOMETHING, DON'T
BE LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF IT SUITS YOU, JUST TAKE IT AND
BE GRATEFUL.
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN TELL A HORSE'S AGE BY LOOKING IN ITS MOUTH
AND TEETH. SO, IN THE SAME WAY, IF SOMEBODY GIVES YOU A
HORSE DON'T BE LOOKING IN ITS MOUTH TO SEE IF IT SUITS
YOU--JUST TAKE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-08-1968