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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE DIDN'T LAST AS LONG AS PADDY STAYED IN THE ARMY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
PROVERB
HE HAS AS MUCH INTELLIGENCE AS TWO FOOLS AND A MAD MAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
SAYING
HE HASN'T GOT THE SENSE GOD GAVE A GOOSE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
PROVERB
HE HASN'T GOT THE SENSE THE LORD PROMISED A GREEN APPLE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
HE IS A IRISH AS PATTY'S PIG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
HE'S AS LIMBER AS A DISHRAG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
HE IS SO DISHONEST HE WOULD STEAL MANURE FROM A BLIND
TUMBLEBUG AND SET HIM ON THE WRONG ROAD HOME.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
PROVERB
HE LOOKS LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
HE'S AS HIGH AS A KITE.
Submitter comment: REFERS TO ONE WHO HAS DRUNK A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S A SIMPLE TOOL.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED BY MASONS AND BRICKLAYERS TO
DESCRIBE A PERSON THAT CAN'T DO MANY COMPLICATED THINGS.
IT REFERS TO A CROW BAR OR A HAMMER, OR ANOTHER SIMPLE
TOOL THAT ANYONE CAN USE, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE MUCH
SKILL TO USE. THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE HAS HEARD THIS
FROM MASONS AND BRICKLAYERS IN ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND
TENNESSEE DURING THE PAST TWENTY YEARS (1950S-1970S).
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
HAPPINESS
HE'S GRINNIN' LIKE A DOG EATIN' SHIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
HE'S RAZOR SHARP.
Submitter comment: MEANING SOMEONE IS SMART OR AS SHARP AS RAZOR BLADES.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
HE'S SLOWER THAN MOLASSES IN JANUARY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S SO LAZY IT'D TAKE HIS FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW TIL SEVEN
O'CLOCK TO CATCH UP WITH HIM.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
PROVERB
HE THOUGHT LIKE LITE.
Submitter comment:
HE THOUGHT WRONG.
I FIRST HEARD THIS EXPRESSION AS A YOUNG GIRL FROM MY
MOTHER IN MEMPHIS; SHE HEARD IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968,
IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE TOOK OFF LIKE MOODY'S GOOSE.
Submitter comment: IN A HURRY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
Keyword(s): RUSH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
FOLK SAYING
HIGH AS A CAT'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SPEECH
HIGH AS A KITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
HIGHER THAN A KITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HIGHER THAN (A) CAT'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-28-1968