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FOLK PHRASE
TO BE SAWING LOGS.
Submitter comment: TO BE SNORING
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): EXPERIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SIX IN ONE HAND AND HALF A DOZEN IN THE OTHER.
Submitter comment:
THE ODDS ARE EVEN. IT'S ALL THE SAME. ONE IS AS GOOD
OR BAD AS THE OTHER.
THIS IS AN EXPRESSION WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD MY MOTHER
USE. I RECORDED IT JULY 28, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
NOT GIVEN
SNAKE IT'D A BIT YA.
Submitter comment:
CONTRACTION OF "IF IT HAD BEEN A SNAKE, IT WOULD HAVE
BIT YOU," MEANING THAT AN OBJECT A PERSON WAS HUNTING
WAS RIGHT AT HIS ELBOW.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
COLD
SO COLD ALL HELL FROZE OVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
NOT GIVEN
SO DEEF HE CAN'T HEAR THUNDER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
Keyword(s): DEAF
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
NOT GIVEN
STEAL THE GIZZARDS OUT OF YOUR MOTHER'S EYE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. GRAY USED TO SAY WHEN SHE THOUGHT HER CHILDREN WERE
UNGRATEFUL, THAT THEY MIGHT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; L'ANSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO STICK YOUR NECK OUT.
Submitter comment: TO ASK FOR TROUBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
STOP THINKING SO HARD, I CAN SMELL THE WOOD BURNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB: MAXIM
STRAIN A GNAT AND SWALLOW A CAMEL.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS SURE AS SHOOTIN'
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SWEATING UP A STORM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
SWINGING IN ON A GRAPEVINE.
Submitter comment:
IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, THE ABOVE EXPRESSION WAS USED TO SHOW
THAT A PLACE WAS REMOTE OR ISOLATED. THE CANEY CREEK
SCHOOL AT PIPPA PASSES, KENTUCKY, WAS IN SUCH AN AREA.
NO BUSES OR TRAINS WENT NEAR, AND THE ROAD LEADING TO THE
SCHOOL WAS ROUGH. I NEVER VISITED THIS SCHOOL MYSELF, BUT
THE STUDENTS WHO DID SAID YOU "HAD TO SWING IN ON A
GRAPEVINE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMMON PHRASE
TAKES TO IT LIKE A DUCK TO WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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PROVERB
TEU, TEU, TEU.
Submitter comment: ONOMATOPEIAIC FOR KNOCK ON WOOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
NOT GIVEN
THAT TAKES THE RAG OFF THE BUSH!
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
NOT GIVEN
THAT'S A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE.
Submitter comment:
USED AS AN EXPRESSION OF FINALITY. WHEN ONE FINISHES A TASK
SUCH AS WASHING DISHES, ONE SAYS "THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE."
AFTER RELATING SOMEONE ELSE'S CONVERSATION, IF SOMEONE
SHOULD ASK YOU IF THAT IS ALL, YOU SAY, "THAT'S ALL SHE
WROTE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-28-1970