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PROVERB

SHE/HE IS AS FAT AS A PIG.

Submitter comment: USUALLY REFERRING TO CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT OVERWEIGHT BUT
QUITE HUSKY.

Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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FUCK DON'T FIGHT

FIGHTING FOR PEACE IS LIKE FUCKING FOR VIRGINITY.

Submitter comment:

ON A WALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Data entry tech comment:

MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 07-03-1970

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WITTY SAYING

I'M JUST AS FINE AS A FROG'S HAIR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 08-05-1968

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NOT GIVEN

FINER'N FROG HAIR.

Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-27-1973

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COMPARISON

FIT AS A FIDDLE.

Submitter comment: MEANS IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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COMPARISON

FLAT AS A BOARD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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FOLK SPEECH

FLAT AS A FLITTER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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FOLK SPEECH

FLAT AS A FLITTER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-25-1972

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

FLAT AS A PANCAKE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-00-1972

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PROVERB

A FOOL'S NAME IS LIKE HIS FACE,
IT'S ALWAYS STUCK IN A PUBLIC PLACE.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 02-00-1972

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NOT GIVEN

FREE AS A BIRD.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

HE/SHE IS AS FREE AS A BIRD.

Submitter comment: REFERS TO HAVING NO RESTRAINTS OR RESPONSIBILITIES.

Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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COMPARISON

AS FREE AS THE BREEZE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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COMPARISON

FRESH AS A DAISY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

FRESH AS A DAISY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-16-1970

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NOT GIVEN

LIKE A FROG AFTER A JUNEBUG.

Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SOMETHING
OR ACTUAL PHYSICAL PURSUIT OF SOMETHING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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NOT GIVEN

AS FUNNY AS A CRUTCH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 08-06-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR COMPARISON

AS FUNNY AS A RUBBER CRUTCH IN A POLIO WARD.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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NOT GIVEN

FUNNY AS A SCREEN DOOR IN A SUBMARINE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 08-06-1968

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PROVERBIAL SAYING

IN RESPONSE TO A BAD JOKE SAY EITHER "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A SCREEN DOOR ON A SUBMARINE" OR "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A FIRE IN A POLIO WARD."

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 00001960 CA

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