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PROVERB
HE'S AS STRONG AS AN OX.
Submitter comment: REFERS TO ANYBODY POSSESSING BRUTE STRENGTH.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS STUBBORN AS ADAM'S OFF OX.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS SAYING FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A
SMALL GIRL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. I RECORDED IT AUGUST
9, 1968, IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
COMPARISON: STUBBORN/MULE
STUBBORN AS A MULE.
Submitter comment: MEANS SOMEONE IS VERY STUBBORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE'S AS STUBBORN AS AN OLD MULE.
Submitter comment: USUALLY USED WITH REFERENCE TO MY FATHER.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS SURE AS SHOOTIN'
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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COMPARISON: SWEET/HONEY
SWEET AS HONEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISONS
SWEET AS HONEY
SOUR AS VINEGAR
QUICK AS A WINK
HAPPY AS A LARK
ROUGH AS A COB
SLIPPERY AS AN EEL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
COMPARISON
SWIMS LIKE A FISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TAKE OFF LIKE A COVY OF QUAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COVEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
COMMON PHRASE
TAKES TO IT LIKE A DUCK TO WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A HOT POTATOE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): POTATO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
HUMOR
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.
Where learned: KANSAS ; WICHITA
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WITTY SAYING: THAT WENT OVER LIKE . . .
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A PREGNANT NUN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
HUMOR
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A PREGNANT POLE VAULTER.
Where learned: KANSAS ; WICHITA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A RUBBER CRUTCH IN A POLIO WARD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1970
HUMOR
THAT'S AS FUNNY AS A PAY TOILET IN A DIARRHEA WARD.
Where learned: KANSAS ; WICHITA
Keyword(s): BLACK HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
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