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HAPPINESS
HE'S GRINNIN' LIKE A DOG EATIN' SHIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
HE'S RAZOR SHARP.
Submitter comment: MEANING SOMEONE IS SMART OR AS SHARP AS RAZOR BLADES.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
HE'S SLOWER THAN MOLASSES IN JANUARY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S SO LAZY IT'D TAKE HIS FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW TIL SEVEN
O'CLOCK TO CATCH UP WITH HIM.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
PROVERB
HE THOUGHT LIKE LITE.
Submitter comment:
HE THOUGHT WRONG.
I FIRST HEARD THIS EXPRESSION AS A YOUNG GIRL FROM MY
MOTHER IN MEMPHIS; SHE HEARD IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968,
IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE TOOK OFF LIKE MOODY'S GOOSE.
Submitter comment: IN A HURRY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
Keyword(s): RUSH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
FOLK SAYING
HIGH AS A CAT'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SPEECH
HIGH AS A KITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
HIGHER THAN A KITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HIGHER THAN (A) CAT'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
FOLK SAYING
HE IS AS HONEST AS THE DAY IS LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
COMPARISON
HOT AS A DEPOT STOVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
NOT GIVEN
HOT AS A FOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
NOT GIVEN
HOT AS HELL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HOTTER THAN A NIGGER AT ELECTION.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THIS IS AN OLD PHRASE THAT USED TO BE
SAID A LOT BEFORE NEGROES WERE REALLY ALLOWED TO VOTE IN
THE SOUTH. (I SAY "REALLY" BECAUSE BY LAW THEY WERE
ALLOWED TO VOTE, BUT VARIOUS MEANS WERE USED TO PROHIBIT
THEM AT THE POLLS. THE ABOVE PHRASE REFERS TO THIS
PRACTICE.) HOWEVER, THE INFORMANT SAID SHE HAD RECENTLY
HEARD SOMEONE IN OWENSBORO USE THE PHRASE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
HUNGER
HUNGRIER THAN A BITCH WOLF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
HUNGRY AS A BEAR.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY HUNGRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'D RATHER BE AN OLD MAN'S DARLING (THAN) A
YOUNG MAN'S FOOL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
PROVERB
I'D RATHER WEAR OUT THAN RUST OUT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
DISLIKE
I HATE THAT WORSE THAN GOD HATES SINNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-11-1969