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FOLK SPEECH

FAT AS A PIG.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-00-1972

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

FAT AS MUD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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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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FISH MAXIM

FISH IS GOOD FOR THE BRAIN AND KEEPS CRABGRASS OUT OF
THE MIND.

Submitter comment: SHE QUOTES A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN MARSHALL
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

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

Date learned: 08-06-1968

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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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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

FLAT AS A PANCAKE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-00-1972

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MAXIM

A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 08-10-1968

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LIFE, DEATH

FOR EVERY BABY BORN SOMEONE DIES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 07-25-1968

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PROVERB

FORTUNE IS A MOTHER TO ONE; TO ANOTHER, A STEP-MOTHER.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT FATE IS FICKLE. YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHO
WILL RECEIVE HER REWARDS OR PUNISHMENTS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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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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CHINESE PROVERB

A FULL BOTTLE DOES NOT RATTLE; AN EMPTY BOTTLE DOES NOT
RATTLE; ONLY THE HALF-FILLED DOES.

Submitter comment: MORAL: THE KNOWLEDGEABLE OR IGNORANT DO NOT BOAST--ONLY
THE ONE WITH INSUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

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

Date learned: 08-10-1968

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PROVERBIAL PHRASE

TO GET YOURSELF IN A PICKLE.

Submitter comment: TO GET YOURSELF IN A MESS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- V60

Date learned: 03-00-1972

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GOING UP SALT RIVER

"HE'S GONE UP SALT RIVER"

Submitter comment: WHILE LIVING IN THE AREA NEAR LOUISVILLE AND FORT KNOX,
KENTUCKY, I HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE USE THE EXPRESSION,
WHEN REFERRING TO THE DEFEAT OF A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE. ONE LADY, A LONGTIME KENTUCKY RESIDENT, TOLD ME
IT REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT YEARS AGO SETTLEMENTS ON THE
SALT RIVER, WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE OHIO (RIVER) SOUTH OF
LOUISVILLE, WERE CONSIDERED ABOUT AS FAR OUT OF THE WAY AS
ONE COULD GO.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; FORT KNOX ; LOUISVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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COMPARISON

GOOD AS GOLD.

Submitter comment: THIS IS USUALLY USED TO REFER TO A PERSON.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

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

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

GREEN AS GRASS.

Submitter comment: EXPRESSION COMMON TO THE AREA OF INDIANA WHERE I WAS BORN.
USED TO EXPRESS STUPIDITY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-21-1970

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PROVERB

GRIN AND BEAR IT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

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

Date learned: 06-27-1970

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

HE'S "GRINNING LIKE A POSSUM."

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-12-1972

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

AS HAPPY AS A CLAM AT HIGH TIDE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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