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Proverb
Little pitchers have big ears.
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Motifs Added By TRD
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Already Under V200, Who Said? Said to children who hear things they shouldn't.
Where learned: HOME ; 17287 GREENVIEW ; Maloney, Beatrice
Keyword(s): Big ; CHILDREN ; EARS ; Eavesdrop ; EUPHEMISM ; Little ; METAPHOR ; Overhear ; Pitchers ; SIMILE ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
You're about as funny as a pay toilet in a dairy ward.
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From his friend, Brian Battersby.
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Diary Ward?
Where learned: HOME ; Cunningham, Joseph
Keyword(s): Diary ; Funny ; INSULT ; METAPHOR ; RETORT ; SIMILE ; SLANG ; Toilet ; Unfunny ; Ward
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Saying
He's busier than a one-armed paper hangar with the hives.
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Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Morris, Jim
Keyword(s): Arm ; BODY PART ; HIVES ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Speech - Formula
When someone asks you "how's everything?" you answer : fine as frog's hair, scarce as hen's teeth.
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Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Wills, Henry ; Ashland City
Keyword(s): FROG ; Hen ; METAPHOR ; RETORT ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
OUTSIDER'S LAMENT
I FELT LIKE A PORK CHOP AT A JEWISH PICNIC~
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): Anecdote ; DIET ; Exclusion ; FOOD ; Jest ; Jewish ; Left-out ; METAPHOR ; Pork ; RELIGION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR