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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLOWER THAN MOLASSES ON A COLD WINTER'S MORNING.
Submitter comment: SEE AXEL, MYRA, V700 FOR VARIANT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLOWER THAN MOLASSES ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
Submitter comment: SEE DALTON, BILL, V700 FOR VARIANT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
SLY AS A FOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
COMPARISON: SLY/FOX
SLY AS A FOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A SMALL FISH IS BETTER THAN A NOTHING FISH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-25-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SMART AS A WHIP.
Submitter comment: COMMON TO THE AREA IN INDIANA WHERE I WAS BORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
FOLK SAYING
SMART AS A WHIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SMELLED AS SWEET OR LOOKED AS SWEET AS PRETTY GIRLS GOING
TO MEETING (CHURCH).
Submitter comment:
REMEMBER THIS FROM MY GRANDFATHER ANDREW YOUNG, WATERLOO,
ALABAMA.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; WATERLOO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON: SMELL OR ODOR
AS SMELLY AS A MULE'S SOUTH END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
COMFORT
AS SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
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
COMMON SAYING
SO, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS
IN CHINA?
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID TO A PERSON AFTER HE HAS MADE A REMARK
IRRELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELL-BUILT
STACKED LIKE A BRICK SHIT HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-14-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
STIFF AS A BOARD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
HE/SHE/IT IS AS STIFF AS A BOARD.
Submitter comment:
CAN REFER TO ANYTHING WHICH IS NOT QUITE FLEXIBLE--
CLOTHES LEFT ON THE LINE IN COLD WEATHER, JOINTS OF
THE BODY WHICH ARE SORE, ETC.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S SO STINGY HE HAS A NICKEL OF THE FIRST DOLLAR
HE EVER MADE.
Submitter comment: SAID OF OUR LANDLORD!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON: STRAIGHT/ARROW
STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY STRAIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
STRAIGHT AS A STICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
STRAIGHT AS A STICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN