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SUCCESS
HE COULDN'T MAKE OUT IN A WHORE HOUSE WITH A $10 BILL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-01-1969
HORSEBACK RIDING
HE COULDN'T RIDE IN A BOX CAR WITH BOTH DOORS NAILED SHUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-01-1969
SALESMANSHIP
HE COULDN'T SELL A WHORE ON A TROOP TRAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-11-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE DIDN'T LAST AS LONG AS PADDY STAYED IN THE ARMY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
PROVERB
HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO POUND SAND INTO A RAT HOLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
PROVERB
HE HAS AS MUCH INTELLIGENCE AS TWO FOOLS AND A MAD MAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE IS SOWING ON THE SAND.
Submitter comment: HE WILL NEVER GET ANY RESULTS FROM WHAT HE'S DOING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
HE KNOWS WHICH SIDE HIS BREAD IS BUTTERED ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK EXPRESSION
HE PUTS HIS PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A TIME TOO.
Submitter comment: HE'S JUST AS GOOD AS ANYONE ELSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
PROVERB
HE'S CARRYING THREE BRICKS LESS THAN A LOAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
HAPPINESS
HE'S GRINNIN' LIKE A DOG EATIN' SHIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
HE'S REALLY ONE OF THE BLUE HEN'S CHICKS.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS ECCENTRIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
FOLK EXPRESSION
HE'S (OR SHE'S) SO LAZY, DEAD LICE WOULDN'T FALL OFF
OF THEM.
Submitter comment:
MY PAST SUPERVISOR USED THIS EXPRESSION QUITE OFTEN TO
DESCRIBE OUR JANITOR. I'VE ALSO HEARD OTHER PEOPLE USE
IT. I THOUGHT THE PHRASE QUITE DESCRIPTIVE, AND I'VE
OFTEN CAUGHT MYSELF USING IT TO DESCRIBE A PARTICULARLY
LAZY STUDENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
FOLK EXPRESSION
HE'S SO LAZY HE WOULDN'T HIT A LICK AT A SNAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-22-1973
SPEECH
HE SWEAT NAILS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERB
HE THOUGHT LIKE LITE.
Submitter comment:
HE THOUGHT WRONG.
I FIRST HEARD THIS EXPRESSION AS A YOUNG GIRL FROM MY
MOTHER IN MEMPHIS; SHE HEARD IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968,
IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
HE WAS RAISED IN A BARN.
Submitter comment:
HE NEVER CLOSES DOORS BEHIND HIM.
THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF ONE OF MY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
TEACHERS. I RECORDED IT JULY 28, 1968, IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
HE WHO CANNOT COMMAND HIMSELF IS A SLAVE.
Submitter comment:
YOU MUST MASTER YOUR OWN DESIRES, OR YOU WILL BE ENSLAVED
BY THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO DRAWS HIS CHAIN IS NOT FREE.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, AS LONG AS YOU ARE BURDENED DOWN WITH
PROBLEMS, YOU'RE NOT FREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS LOUDEST.
Submitter comment: PROVERB HEARD FROM MY PARENTS AND AT SCHOOL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN