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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN RODE HARD AND PUT AWAY WET.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM FELLOW OFFICE WORKER WHO WAS A
NATIVE WEST VIRGINIAN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
SHE'S AS PRETTY AS A SPECKLED PUP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
TARDINESS
SHE'S SLOWER THAN THE SECOND COMIN' OF CHRIST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): LATE LATENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-14-1969
COMPARISON
SHE'S SO SKINNY, IF SHE STOOD SIDEWAYS AND STUCK OUT HER
TONGUE, YOU'D THINK SHE WAS A ZIPPER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE'S SO SKINNY SHE COULD CHANGE CLOTHES IN A SHOT GUN
BARREL AND NOT GET DIRTY!
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
SHE'S SO SKINNY SHE HAS TO STAND TWICE TO MAKE A SHADOW.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE'S SO SKINNY WHEN SHE TURNS SIDEWAYS AND STICKS OUT HER
TONGUE SHE LOOKS LIKE A ZIPPER.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SHE TALKS LIKE SHE HAD DIARRHEA OF THE MOUTH AND
CONSTIPATION OF THE BRAIN.
Submitter comment: SHE TALKS A LOT, BUT SAYS NOTHING LOGICAL.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; MIDDLEBOURNE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVEB
SHE WAS SO UGLY SHE LOOKED LIKE THE SOUTH END OF A COW
GOING NORTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SHE WATCHES HIM AS A CAT WATCHES A MOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SICK AS A DOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
FOLK SAYING
SKINNY AS A RAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SKINNY AS A RAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
COMPARISON
SKINNY AS A RAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THAT SKIRT IS SO SHORT, IT WOULDN'T FLAG A TRAIN IF IT
WERE RED.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM LONG TIME RESIDENT OF ROCKMART,
GEORGIA, JAMES TRIBLE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ROCKMART
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-12-1972
FOLK SAYING
SLICK AS A BUTTON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
PROVERB
SLICK AS A BUTTON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON: SLICK
AS SLICK AS A RIBBON.
Submitter comment: SLICK MEANS NEAT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
FOLK SAYING
SLICK AS A RIBBON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLICK AS A WHISTLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972