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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
TIGHTER THAN DICK'S HATBAND.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY MR. FRED MAGGART OF LEBANON, TENNESSEE IN FALL 1970
TO DESCRIBE THE TIGHT MONEY SITUATION. MR. MAGGART WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANON BANK, LEBANON, TENNESSEE. HE DID
NOT KNOW ANYMORE ABOUT THE EXPRESSION EXCEPT HE HAD HEARD
AND USED IT ALL HIS LIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
PROVERB
TILL HELL FREEZES OVER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TILL HELL FREEZES OVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
TO BE IN HOT WATER.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
TO EACH HIS OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TO SAVE A PENNY IS TO MAKE A PENNY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TALE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): QUICK FAST SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE UP A CREEK.
Submitter comment: TO BE IN A POSITION THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
BIG TROUBLE
UP SHIT CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-14-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
HUNGARIAN PROVERB
THE WAY IT IS DONE IN THE END-HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
SOMEONE IS SAID TO DO SOMETHING (THIS WAY) THIS MEANS THAT IT IS VERY UNSOPHISTICATED OR UNCOUTH,
BECAUSE THE LAST HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE IS THE POOREST ONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
PROVEB
WHAT IS CHEAP, IS DEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-03-1970
NOT GIVEN
WHEN A PERSON IS WITHOUT SHAME OR SENTIMENT, HE MIGHT
"STEAL A PENNY OFF A DEAD MAN'S EYE."
Submitter comment:
THIS REFERS TO THE TRADITION OF PUTTING PENNY'S ON A
CORPSE'S EYES.
Data entry tech comment: PENNIES
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CROSSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER.
Submitter comment:
WHEN ASKED OR TOLD TO DO SOMETHING AGAINST YOUR WILL OR
SOMETHING WHICH YOU DO NOT LIKE TO DO, THIS IS ONE ANSWER
WHICH HAS BEEN USED IN MY FAMILY.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO WORK YOUR FINGERS TO THE BONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
YOU BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING: MENSTRUATION
MENSTRUAL PERIOD REFERRED TO AS "JUMPING OFF THE ROOF."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BREAK FRIENDSHIP
BREAK A GLASS, BREAK A FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-00-1972