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PROVERB
HEAD OVER HEELS IN WORK.
Submitter comment: BUSY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE BIT OFF MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE CAN TURN AROUND ON A DIME.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MUSIC
HE COULDN'T CARRY A NOTE IN A PAPERBAG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-01-1969
PROVERB
HE IS SOWING ON THE SAND.
Submitter comment: HE WILL NEVER GET ANY RESULTS FROM WHAT HE'S DOING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
HE KNOWS WHICH SIDE HIS BREAD IS BUTTERED ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK EXPRESSION
HE PUTS HIS PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A TIME TOO.
Submitter comment: HE'S JUST AS GOOD AS ANYONE ELSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
PROVERB
HE'S A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT.
Submitter comment: HE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE'S NOT "WORTH A CONTINENTAL."
Submitter comment: DERIVED FROM WORTHLESS MONEY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK EXPRESSION
HE'S (OR SHE'S) SO LAZY, DEAD LICE WOULDN'T FALL OFF
OF THEM.
Submitter comment:
MY PAST SUPERVISOR USED THIS EXPRESSION QUITE OFTEN TO
DESCRIBE OUR JANITOR. I'VE ALSO HEARD OTHER PEOPLE USE
IT. I THOUGHT THE PHRASE QUITE DESCRIPTIVE, AND I'VE
OFTEN CAUGHT MYSELF USING IT TO DESCRIBE A PARTICULARLY
LAZY STUDENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
FOLK EXPRESSION
HE'S SO LAZY HE WOULDN'T HIT A LICK AT A SNAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-22-1973
SPEECH
HE SWEAT NAILS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERB
HE WAS RAISED IN A BARN.
Submitter comment:
HE NEVER CLOSES DOORS BEHIND HIM.
THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF ONE OF MY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
TEACHERS. I RECORDED IT JULY 28, 1968, IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
HE WILL STRETCH A DOLLAR UNTIL THE EAGLE HOLLERS!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-26-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
I'LL BE A SUCK-EGG MULE.
Submitter comment: RESPONSE TO CONNOTE ASTONISHMENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
PROVERB
I'LL (HE'LL, WE'LL) SHOW THEM HOW THE BORE EAT THE CABBAGE.
Submitter comment: USED TO EXPRESS "SHOW THEM HOW IT'S DONE."
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
I'M BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
Submitter comment: DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE OR IN DIFFICULT SITUATION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-22-1970
PROVERB
I'M SO FAR DOWN, I'D HAVE TO REACH UP TO TOUCH BOTTOM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-07-1968