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PROVERB
IT'S AS HIGH AS A GEORGIA PINE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
IT IS AS COLD AS A WEDGE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
IT'S COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE THE BALLS OFF A BRASS MONKEY.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IT'S HOT AS HELL WITH THE LID OFF.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; GAINESVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
GETTING MAD
JUMPED ON HIM LIKE A CHICKEN ON A JUNE BUG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-08-1969
A SAYING
JUST LIKE AN OLD LADY WHO DIDN'T KNOW JESUS WAS DEAD.
Submitter comment:
WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW SOMETHING WHICH IS COMMON
KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS AN EXPRESSION WHICH MY MOTHER USES
VERY OFTEN. I RECORDED IT JULY 21, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
KNEE-HIGH TO A GRASSHOPPER.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY SMALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
THE LAND WAS SO POOR THE RABBITS HAD TO PACK A LUNCH
TO CROSS IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
FOLK SAYING
LAZY AS A HOUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
A PROVERB
AS LEAN AS A RAIL.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DESCRIBE A VERY THIN PERSON, ESPECIALLY IF THE
PERSON IS THIN AS THE RESULT OF A LONG SICKNESS.
I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I FIRST HEARD THIS EXPRESSION,
BUT IT IS A COMMON ONE. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968
IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
COMPARISON
LIGHT AS A FEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
LIKE A FOX IN A HENHOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
PROVERB
LIKE A HOG FOR PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
NOT GIVEN
LIKE AN OLD SORE TAIL CAT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
LOOKS LIKE DEATH EATING A CRACKER.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON (USUALLY HUMOROUSLY).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
LOOKS LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON WITH SICKLY APPEARANCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
MAD AS A HATTER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Keyword(s): ANGER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
COMPARISON
MAD AS A WET HEN.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY MAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-20-1970