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PROVEBIAL PHRASE
MUSIC FOR MY EAR.
Submitter comment: GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
THEY ARE NEIGHBORHOOD SAINTS AND A HOME DEVIL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
NEVER IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
PROVERB
NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO SLING A CAT.
Submitter comment: THE SPACE IS SMALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-07-1969
PROVERB: MOON
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Keyword(s): OFTEN TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ON THE UP AND UP.
Submitter comment: IMPROVING; BECOMING BETTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): LEGAL RIGHT HONEST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO PASS THE BUCK.
Submitter comment: TO PASS THE BLAME OR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SOMEONE ELSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
THE PICK OF THE LITTER.
Submitter comment:
THE BEST OUT OF THE GROUP; THE CHOICE ONE.
I FIRST REMEMBER HEARING THIS EXPRESSION FROM MY FATHER.
I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
TO PEEL ONE'S EYES.
Submitter comment: TO WATCH; TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ALERTNESS AWARENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
PULLING EYE TEETH.
I'D GIVE MY EYE TEETH TO . . . .
Submitter comment:
TO GET YOU TO DO THAT IS LIKE:
HEARD AND USED OFTEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO PUT A BEE IN YOUR BONNET.
Submitter comment:
IT MEANS TO TELL A BIT OF GOSSIP, FOR EXAMPLE:
"LET ME PUT A BEE IN YOUR BONNET."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
COMMON PHRASE
PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
Submitter comment: TAKE THINGS AS THEY ARE OR LEAVE THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHEAP TALK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-16-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO PUT YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): INDUSTRIOUSNESS WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
RAINING CATS AND DOGS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
PROVERB
RAKING YOU OVER THE COALS.
Submitter comment:
GOSSIPING ABOUT SOMEONE.
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON EXPRESSION USED IN
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
NOT GIVEN
RIGHT AS RAIN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE SAME OLE SIX AND SEVEN . . .
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AT ODDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-28-1970