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PROVERB
DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
DIRTY AS A PIG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
DO A U-TURN IN A TUNNEL.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE A STUPID OR ILL-ADVISED ACTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DOG IS MAN'S BEST FRIEND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW
WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU TODAY.
Data entry tech comment:
FROM MATTHEW 6:34: DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW: TOMORROW
WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. EACH DAY HAS ENOUGH TROUBLE OF
ITS OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING OR PROVERB
DON'T BE FLAT.
DON'T BE SHARP.
JUST BE NATURAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
PROVERB
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU.
Submitter comment: TO ME, THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD BE NICE TO YOUR EMPLOYER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERB
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-07-1970
PROVERB
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T STAKE EVERYTHING ON THE CHANCE
THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE "DOWN IN THE DUMPS."
Submitter comment: TO FEEL DEPRESSED OR SAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
FOLK SPEECH
DRUNK AS A LOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
COMPARISON
SO DULL IT COULDN'T SLICE HOT BUTTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DUMB AS A DOORNAIL.
Submitter comment: FREQUESTLY (SIC) HEARD AND USED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
DUMB AS AN OX.
Submitter comment:
MEANS THE SUBJECT REFERRED TO IS STUPID, CAN'T THINK ON
HIS OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS DUMB AS DORA.
Submitter comment:
ABOUT AS STUPID AS YOU CAN GET. THIS IS A COMMON SAYING; I
DO NOT KNOW WHERE I FIRST HEARD IT. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9,
1968 IN NASHVILLE,
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
DYING LIKE FLIES WITH THE BOTTS.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS AN EXPRESSION WHICH SHE HEARD
AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
DYING BECAUSE OF AN EPIDEMIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
PROVERB
THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
EAST OR WEST--HOME IS BEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972