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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN RODE HARD AND PUT AWAY WET.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM FELLOW OFFICE WORKER WHO WAS A
NATIVE WEST VIRGINIAN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
SHARP AS A TACK.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
NOT GIVEN
SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): EXPERIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PATIENCE TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
ROAMIN (ROMAN) HANDS AND RUSHIN (RUSSIAN) FINGERS!
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
NOT GIVEN
RIGHT AS RAIN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
PRIDE AND POVERTY ARE ILL-MET, BUT OFTEN SEEN TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
BLASON POPULAIRE
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
PROVERB
OLD MEN GO TO DEATH; DEATH COMES TO YOUNG MEN.
Submitter comment: OLD MEN ARE PREPARED TO DIE; YOUNG MEN ARE NOT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
AN OLD MAN NEVER WANTS A TALE TO TELL.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THE MORE YOU STIR, THE WORSE IT WILL STINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID OF A STICKY SITUATION OF WHICH THERE MAY
BE NO WAY OUT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
PROVERB
THE MORE NOBLE A MAN IS THE MORE HUMBLE HE IS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
PROVERB
A MISERLY FATHER HAS A THRIFTLESS SON.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, TO KEEP THE EXPENSES OF A SON DOWN,
THE FATHER HAS TO BE MISERLY.
Data entry tech comment:
ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION: THE MISERLINESS OF THE
FATHER WILL RESULT IN A THRIFTLESS SON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-05-1972
PROVERB
MANY PEOPLE SAY GOOD THINGS, BUT THINK BAD ONES.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
PROVERB
A MAN WITHOUT MONEY IS LIKE A BOW WITHOUT AN ARROW.
Submitter comment: IN OTHER WORDS, HE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH MUCH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERB
A MAN AT 16 WILL PROVE A CHILD AT 60.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT HE WILL, IN OLD AGE, BECOME CHILDISH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERB
A MAN AND A DOG ARE NEVER TIRED OF EACH OTHER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-08-1972
PROVERB
MALICE HAS A SHARP SIGHT AND A LONG MEMORY.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, WHEN YOU WANT TO HURT SOMEONE, YOU
BECOME ALERT TO THE POSSIBLE WAYS OF DOING IT AND YOU
REMEMBER THE HURT LONGER.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-02-1972
PROVERB
LYING RIDES ON DEATH'S BACK.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT LYING CAN CAUSE SERIOUS, PERHAPS FATAL,
RESULTS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-05-1972