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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
COMPARISON
BLIND AS A BAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BLIND AS A BAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT FAMILY TIES ARE STRONGER THAN OTHER TIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERBIAL SAYING
BLUE AS A FISH HOOK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
EMBARRASSMENT NOTATION
BRAND NEW FOOL.
Submitter comment:
MISS SATTERFIELD SAID THAT HER GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY,
WHEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND SHE WAS EMBARRASSED, THAT
SHE FELT LIKE A
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DONELSON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
FOLK SPEECH
BRIGHT AS A PENNY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EXPRESSIVE COMPARISON
BUILT LIKE A BRICK SHITHOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
NOT GIVEN
BUSIER THAN A ONE-ARMED PAPERHANGER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
COMPARISON: BUSY/BEE
BUSY AS A BEE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A BEE.
Submitter comment: VARIANT: BUSY AS A BEAVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
BUSY AS A BEE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
BUSY AS A BEE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
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
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A HEN WITH ONE CHICK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPERHANGER WITH THE HIVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
NOT GIVEN
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPERHANGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN