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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THAT SKIRT IS SO SHORT, IT WOULDN'T FLAG A TRAIN IF IT
WERE RED.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM LONG TIME RESIDENT OF ROCKMART,
GEORGIA, JAMES TRIBLE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ROCKMART
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-12-1972
PROVERB: FOXES
THE SLEEPING FOX CATCHES NO POULTRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Keyword(s): EARLY BIRD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: SHIPS
A SMALL LEAK WILL SINK A GREAT SHIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Keyword(s): SECRECY PRIVACY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
SNAKE IT'D A BIT YA.
Submitter comment:
CONTRACTION OF "IF IT HAD BEEN A SNAKE, IT WOULD HAVE
BIT YOU," MEANING THAT AN OBJECT A PERSON WAS HUNTING
WAS RIGHT AT HIS ELBOW.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
PROVERB
THE SNOW WAS ASS-DEEP TO A TALL INDIAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
PROVERB
SO DRUNK THEY HAD TO TAKE HIS PANTS OFF OVER HIS HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
PROVERB: MAXIM
SO STINGY HE WOULD SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE AND TALLOW.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
NOT GIVEN
SPEAKING OF LUCK--IF IT WAS RAINING SOUP, I'D BE
LEFT OUT WITH A FORK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB: SPEAKING
SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: WATER
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Keyword(s): PROFUNDITY PROFOUND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
NOT GIVEN
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S SO STINGY HE HAS A NICKEL OF THE FIRST DOLLAR
HE EVER MADE.
Submitter comment: SAID OF OUR LANDLORD!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
PROVERB
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERB
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
PROVERB
STOP THE WORLD I WANNA GET OFF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
STOP THINKING SO HARD, I CAN SMELL THE WOOD BURNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968