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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A BUCKET FULL OF MAGGOTS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE HAS HEARD THIS EXPRESSION MANY
TIMES WHILE GROWING UP IN NORTHERN ALABAMA, AND IN RECENT
YEARS IN AUBURN, ALABAMA. HE USES THE EXPRESSION HIMSELF
IN CASUAL CONVERSATION TO INDICATE ANYONE WHO IS VERY BUSY
DOING SOMETHING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN