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PROVERB
THAT'S A LOT OF BULL.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT'S A HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WITTY SAYING--THAT'S GOT AS MUCH CHANCE AS . . .
THAT'S GOT AS MUCH CHANCE AS A SNOWBALL IN HELL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IMPOSSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
PROVERB
THAT'S MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT'S NOT WORTH A TINKER'S DAM.
Submitter comment:
MEANING WORTHLESS.
INFORMANT IS DECEASED.
Data entry tech comment: DAMN.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; MIDDLEBOURNE
Keyword(s): VALUE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT'S SOUR GRAPES.
Submitter comment:
MEANING THINGS WHICH PEOPLE PRETEND TO DISLIKE BECAUSE
THEY CANNOT HAVE THEM.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S THE LAST STRAW.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USUALLY SAID BY SOMEONE MEANING THAT HE HAS HAD
ALL HE CAN TAKE, AND HE HAS COME TO A BREAKING OR TURNING
POINT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): END FINALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHE SERA SERA ; COOKIE CRUMBLES ; INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BALL BOUNCES CHE SERA SERA INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
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PROVERB
THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THERE'S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
Keyword(s): SENILITY AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
THERE'S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
Keyword(s): SENILITY AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THIS IS A BUNCH OF BULL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
(YOU CAN'T) THROWING OUT THE BABY WITH THE DIRTY WATER.
Submitter comment: VARIANT: (YOU CAN'T) THROWING OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-31-1969
FOLK SAYING
TIGHT AS A TICK.
Submitter comment: APPLIED TO DRUNKEN MAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TIGHT
TIGHT AS A TICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PRETTY TIGHT
TIGHT AS DICK'S HATBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
FOLK SAYING
TIGHT AS THE BARK ON A TREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
NOT GIVEN
TIGHTER THAN A CAT'S ASS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN