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PROVERB
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERB
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
DON'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERB
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T STAKE EVERYTHING ON THE CHANCE
THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE "DOWN IN THE DUMPS."
Submitter comment: TO FEEL DEPRESSED OR SAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
DRIVING TO THE POOR HOUSE IN A CADILLAC.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
FOLK SAYING
DRUNK AS A BILED OWL.
Data entry tech comment: BOILED?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SPEECH
DRUNK AS A DOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
DRUNK AS A LOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS DRUNK AS A LORD.
Submitter comment:
ESPECIALLY INTOXICATED. THE EXPRESSION IS USED WHEN ONE SEES
A PERSON ESPECIALLY INTOXICATED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
FOLK SAYING
DRUNK AS COOTIE BROWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
DULL AS A FROE.
Data entry tech comment: AS A FROG?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
COMPARISON
SO DULL IT COULDN'T SLICE HOT BUTTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DUMB AS A DOORNAIL.
Submitter comment: FREQUESTLY (SIC) HEARD AND USED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
DUMB AS A DOOR NAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
DUMB AS AN OX.
Submitter comment:
MEANS THE SUBJECT REFERRED TO IS STUPID, CAN'T THINK ON
HIS OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
DUMB AS AN OX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS DUMB AS DORA.
Submitter comment:
ABOUT AS STUPID AS YOU CAN GET. THIS IS A COMMON SAYING; I
DO NOT KNOW WHERE I FIRST HEARD IT. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9,
1968 IN NASHVILLE,
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
DYING LIKE FLIES WITH THE BOTTS.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS AN EXPRESSION WHICH SHE HEARD
AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
DYING BECAUSE OF AN EPIDEMIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-13-1968