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PROVERB--BEAUTY

BEAUTY IS AS BEAUTY DOES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 02-10-1969

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PROVERB PERTAINING TO BEAUTY

BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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NOT GIVEN

BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP, BUT UGLY IS TO THE BONE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 04-12-1972

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PROVERB

BEAUTY MAY HAVE FAIR LEAVES BUT BITTER FRUIT.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT ALL WHICH LOOKS GOOD IS NOT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

BEFORE YOU MEET A PERSON, MEET HIS FRIENDS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 07-28-1968

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PROVERB

BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSY.

Data entry tech comment: CHOOSEY

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1971

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PROVERBIAL PHRASE

TO BE ON CLOUD 9.

Submitter comment: TO BE OVERWHELMINGLY HAPPY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-15-1970

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COMPARISON

AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

A BIRD IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 06-16-1970

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PROVERB

A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.

Submitter comment:

SOMETHING WHICH YOU KNOW YOU HAVE IS NOT WORTH RISKING
FOR SOMETHING WHICH YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD - 01-19-2011

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 02-23-1972

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PROVERB

A BIRD LOVES TO HEAR HIMSELF SING.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE TALK OR PERFORM CERTAIN
ACTIONS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING THEM OR TO GET PRAISE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

BLACK AS A CAT IN A COAL PILE AT MIDNIGHT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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COMPARISON: BLACK/ACE

AS BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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FOLK SPEECH

BLACK AS PITCH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-00-1972

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COMPARISON TO A STUCK PIG

TO BLEED LIKE A STUCK PIG.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT ARGUED THAT THE LAST WORD MUST BE PIG, NOT HOG.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 07-09-1970

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COMPARISON

BLIND AS A BAT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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COMPARISON: BLIND/BAT

BLIND AS A BAT.

Submitter comment: MEANS CAN HARDLY SEE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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DISORGANIZATION

A BLIND HOG WILL PICK UP AN ACORN NOW AND THEN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-11-1969

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PROVERBIAL PHRASE

THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND.

Data entry tech comment: MATT 15:14, LUKE 6:39

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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