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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
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SO DUMB HE COULDN'T PEA (SIC) A HOLE IN THE SNOW.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID SHE DID NOT USE THIS ONE HERSELF, BUT
HAD HEARD IT SAID.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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
FOLK SPEECH
EAGER AS A BEAVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA, ASSUMED ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
COMPARISON
AS EASY AS PIE.
Submitter comment: MEANS IT'S EASY TO DO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
EATS LIKE A BIRD.
Submitter comment: MEANS SOMEONE DOESN'T EAT VERY MUCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
EATS LIKE A HORSE.
Submitter comment: MEANS SOMEONE EATS ALOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HIS EYES LOOK LIKE TWO BURNT HOLES IN A BLANKET.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
PROVERB
SHE'S AS FAIR AS THE DAY IS LONG.
Submitter comment: REFERS TO BEAUTY.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
A FALSE FRIEND AND A SHADOW PLAY ONLY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS FAST AS A DOSE OF SALTS THROUGH A WIDOW WOMAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-02-1969
NOT GIVEN
FAST AS A NEW YORK MINUTE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
COMPARISON
FAST AS GREASED LIGHTNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
FAT AS A PIG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
FAT AS A PIG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
FAT AS MUD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN