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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
TO PEEL ONE'S EYES.
Submitter comment: TO WATCH; TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ALERTNESS AWARENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
PULLING EYE TEETH.
I'D GIVE MY EYE TEETH TO . . . .
Submitter comment:
TO GET YOU TO DO THAT IS LIKE:
HEARD AND USED OFTEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO PUT A BEE IN YOUR BONNET.
Submitter comment:
IT MEANS TO TELL A BIT OF GOSSIP, FOR EXAMPLE:
"LET ME PUT A BEE IN YOUR BONNET."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
COMMON PHRASE
PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
Submitter comment: TAKE THINGS AS THEY ARE OR LEAVE THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHEAP TALK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-16-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO PUT YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): INDUSTRIOUSNESS WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
RAINING CATS AND DOGS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
PROVERB
RAKING YOU OVER THE COALS.
Submitter comment:
GOSSIPING ABOUT SOMEONE.
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON EXPRESSION USED IN
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
NOT GIVEN
RIGHT AS RAIN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE SAME OLE SIX AND SEVEN . . .
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AT ODDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
FOLK PHRASE
TO BE SAWING LOGS.
Submitter comment: TO BE SNORING
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): EXPERIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SIX IN ONE HAND AND HALF A DOZEN IN THE OTHER.
Submitter comment:
THE ODDS ARE EVEN. IT'S ALL THE SAME. ONE IS AS GOOD
OR BAD AS THE OTHER.
THIS IS AN EXPRESSION WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD MY MOTHER
USE. I RECORDED IT JULY 28, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
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
COLD
SO COLD ALL HELL FROZE OVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
NOT GIVEN
SO DEEF HE CAN'T HEAR THUNDER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
Keyword(s): DEAF
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
NOT GIVEN
STEAL THE GIZZARDS OUT OF YOUR MOTHER'S EYE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. GRAY USED TO SAY WHEN SHE THOUGHT HER CHILDREN WERE
UNGRATEFUL, THAT THEY MIGHT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; L'ANSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO STICK YOUR NECK OUT.
Submitter comment: TO ASK FOR TROUBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
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
PROVERB: MAXIM
STRAIN A GNAT AND SWALLOW A CAMEL.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-24-1968