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PROVERB
SHE/HE IS AS FAT AS A PIG.
Submitter comment:
USUALLY REFERRING TO CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT OVERWEIGHT BUT
QUITE HUSKY.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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WITTY SAYING
I'M JUST AS FINE AS A FROG'S HAIR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
NOT GIVEN
FINER'N FROG HAIR.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
COMPARISON
FIT AS A FIDDLE.
Submitter comment: MEANS IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
FLAT AS A BOARD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
FLAT AS A FLITTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
FLAT AS A FLITTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
FLAT AS A PANCAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
A FOOL'S NAME IS LIKE HIS FACE,
IT'S ALWAYS STUCK IN A PUBLIC PLACE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
FREE AS A BIRD.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE/SHE IS AS FREE AS A BIRD.
Submitter comment: REFERS TO HAVING NO RESTRAINTS OR RESPONSIBILITIES.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
AS FREE AS THE BREEZE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
FRESH AS A DAISY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
FRESH AS A DAISY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
NOT GIVEN
LIKE A FROG AFTER A JUNEBUG.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SOMETHING
OR ACTUAL PHYSICAL PURSUIT OF SOMETHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
AS FUNNY AS A CRUTCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR COMPARISON
AS FUNNY AS A RUBBER CRUTCH IN A POLIO WARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
FUNNY AS A SCREEN DOOR IN A SUBMARINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PROVERBIAL SAYING
IN RESPONSE TO A BAD JOKE SAY EITHER "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A SCREEN DOOR ON A SUBMARINE" OR "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A FIRE IN A POLIO WARD."
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001960 CA