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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU'LL NEED TO LICK THAT CALF AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED BY THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER, HAZEL DARDEN,
BORN IN NORTH ALABAMA, WHO LIVES IN AUBURN, ALABAMA. THE EXPRES-
SION MEANS THAT IF YOU DON'T DO A JOB RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, IT
WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE OVER CORRECTLY. IF YOU ARE WATCHING
SOMEONE DO A JOB, AND THEY ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, THEN YOU
SAY, "YOU'LL HAVE TO LICK THAT CALF AGAIN." THE INFORMANT
SAYS THAT HIS MOTHER HAS SAID THIS ALL HER LIFE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: LIMITED COMMITMENT
THE LORD WILLING AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS SAID WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU IF YOU WILL BE AT A
CERTAIN PLACE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. YOU REPLY WITH THIS
EXPRESSION TO SHOW THAT YOU WILL BE THERE IF IT IS IN YOUR POWER
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, BUT THAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING
IS NOT IN YOUR HANDS TO DO. THE INFORMANT HAS HEARD THIS ALL OF
HIS LIFE, WHILE GROWING UP IN PRESTONSBURG, KENTUCKY 1928-1952,
AND IN LEBANON, TENNESSEE DURING THE PAST FOUR YEARS (1972).
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; PRESTONSBURG
Keyword(s): LIMITS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE LORD WILLIN' AND THE CRICK DON'T RISE.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS SAID BY MR. SMITH WHO LIVES BETWEEN NOTTASULGA
AND LOCKAPOGO, ALABAMA. THE INFORMANT SAID THAT MR. SMITH WAS
LEARY OF COMMITTING HIMSELF TO SOMETHING THAT HE FELT WAS IN THE
POWER OF THE LORD TO KEEP HIM FROM ACCOMPOLISHING, AND THAT HE
FELT BY SAYING THIS THAT HE WASN'T TEMPING FATE. THE INFORMANT
SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD MR. SMITH SAY THIS MANY TIMES DURING THE
PAST FIFTEEN YEARS.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S MISPELLINGS RETAINED.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; LOCKAPOGO ; NOTASULGA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN YOU CAN WITH VINEGAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER MOTHER AND TWO AUNTS SAID THIS TO HER
WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY DURING THE 1940S.
THEY MEANT THAT SHE WOULD GET WHAT SHE WANTED BY BEING PLEASANT,
RATHER THAN BEING MEAN. THEY ALSO MEANT THAT SHE COULD GET PEOPLE
TO DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO BY TREATING THEM IN A NICE WAY. THE
INFORMANT ALSO SAID THAT SHE HEARD THIS FROM A DISTANT COUSIN,
MRS. MINERVA REED, "COUSIN MINERVA," WHO WAS FROM RICHMOND,
KENTUCKY, IN 1968.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE ; RICHMOND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001940 CA ; 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: SPEED
FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY "JACK ROBINSON."
Submitter comment:
EXPRESSION I HAVE HEARD ALL MY LIFE, BUT NOT SO MUCH NOW FROM
YOUNGER PEOPLE. IT MEANT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY,
OR LASTED ONLY A VERY SHORT TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
GREY EYED GREEDY GUT GOING AROUND AND EATS THE WORLD UP.
Submitter comment: TAUNT SAID TO CHILDREN WHO ATE TOO MUCH TOO FAST.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING OF "TAUNT."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): GLUTTONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOW YOU'RE COOKING WITH ALL FOUR BURNERS.
Submitter comment:
HEARD OFTEN IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO CHARACTERIZE SOMEONE WHO
HAD FINALLY UNDERSTOOD A PROBLEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COMPREHENSION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
LET'S GET DOWN TO WHERE THE WATER HITS THE WHEEL.
Submitter comment: LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS!
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): BUSINESS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOUR EYES WERE BIGGER THAN YOUR STOMACH.
Submitter comment:
OFTEN USED BY MY MOTHER AFTER WE HAD GONE THROUGH A CAFETERIA
LINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): OVERESTIMATE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
DON'T CUT OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE.
Submitter comment: USED OFTEN IN MY FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
Submitter comment: USED IN FAMILY OF INFORMANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-09-1972
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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THERE'S A NIGGER (MONKEY) IN THE WOODPILE.
Submitter comment:
MEANING: SOMETHING ABOUT THE SITUATION DOES NOT QUITE MAKE
SENSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE GUILTY DOG BARKS FIRST.
Submitter comment: OFTEN HEARD AND USED IN MY FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD DRESS IN THE BASEMENT.
Submitter comment: OFTEN HEARD AND USED. LATER VARIANT:
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
AN EMPTY WAGON MAKES THE MOST NOISE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-24-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU'D NEVER NOTICE IT ON A GALLOPING HORSE.
Submitter comment: USUALLY SPEAKING OF SOME SMALL INSIGNIFICANT ITEM.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SAYING
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A PICTURE! IT'LL LAST LONGER.
Submitter comment: SAID TO SOMEONE WHO IS STARING AT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN
THERE'S NOT FIRE IN THE FURNACE!
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM MIDDLE AGED LADY REFERRING TO FUN IN GOING ON A TRIP
AND SPENDING THE NIGHT IN A MOTEL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): OLD AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
I WOULDN'T KNOW HIM FROM "ADAM'S HOUSE CAT."
Submitter comment: USED TO IMPLY SOMETHING OR SOMEONE TOTALLY UNKOWN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
TOO MANY CHIEFS AND NOT ENOUGH BRAVES.
Submitter comment:
MY HUSBAND APPLIES THIS WHEN ALL OUR FAMILY GETS IN THE KITCHEN
AND TRIES TO COOK A MEAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-13-1972