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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS DRUNK AS A LORD.
Submitter comment:
ESPECIALLY INTOXICATED. THE EXPRESSION IS USED WHEN ONE SEES
A PERSON ESPECIALLY INTOXICATED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
FOLK SAYING
DRUNK AS COOTIE BROWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
DULL AS A FROE.
Data entry tech comment: AS A FROG?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
COMPARISON
SO DULL IT COULDN'T SLICE HOT BUTTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DUMB AS A DOORNAIL.
Submitter comment: FREQUESTLY (SIC) HEARD AND USED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
DUMB AS A DOOR NAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
DUMB AS AN OX.
Submitter comment:
MEANS THE SUBJECT REFERRED TO IS STUPID, CAN'T THINK ON
HIS OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
DUMB AS AN OX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS DUMB AS DORA.
Submitter comment:
ABOUT AS STUPID AS YOU CAN GET. THIS IS A COMMON SAYING; I
DO NOT KNOW WHERE I FIRST HEARD IT. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9,
1968 IN NASHVILLE,
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
DYING LIKE FLIES WITH THE BOTTS.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS AN EXPRESSION WHICH SHE HEARD
AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
DYING BECAUSE OF AN EPIDEMIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
FOLK SPEECH
EAGER AS A BEAVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA, ASSUMED ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
COMPARISON
AS EASY AS PIE.
Submitter comment: MEANS IT'S EASY TO DO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ENJOYING POOR HEALTH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
FAIRIES UNDER THE BED.
Submitter comment: MEANS DIRTY UNDERNEATH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO HAVE A FALLING OUT.
Submitter comment: TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS FAST AS A DOSE OF SALTS THROUGH A WIDOW WOMAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-02-1969
NOT GIVEN
FAST AS A NEW YORK MINUTE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
COMPARISON
FAST AS GREASED LIGHTNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN