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HORSEMAN'S PROVERB
IT TAKES NINE FALLS OFF A HORSE BEFORE YOU'RE A GOOD
RIDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001959 CA
PROVERB
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-17-1970
KNOWN HIM A LONG TIME
I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WAS KNEE HIGH TO A DUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
DON'T KNOW HIM
I WOULDN'T KNOW HIM FROM ADAM'S OFF OX.
Submitter comment:
IN CONVERSATION WHEN ONE PERSON MENTIONS SOMEONE UNKNOWN
TO THE OTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
GETTING MAD
JUMPED ON HIM LIKE A CHICKEN ON A JUNE BUG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-08-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
(TO JUMP) OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
A SAYING
JUST LIKE AN OLD LADY WHO DIDN'T KNOW JESUS WAS DEAD.
Submitter comment:
WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW SOMETHING WHICH IS COMMON
KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS AN EXPRESSION WHICH MY MOTHER USES
VERY OFTEN. I RECORDED IT JULY 21, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
NOT GIVEN
KEEP A GOOD PIECE OF LAND AND IT WILL KEEP YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-28-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
KICKED THE BUCKET
Submitter comment: DIED
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT BE WASTEFUL OR TAKE EXTRA STEPS
IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
KNEE-HIGH TO A GRASSHOPPER.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY SMALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
KNOWLEDGE IS A TREASURE, BUT PRACTICE IS THE KEY TO IT.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU MAY TRY TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE, BUT IF
YOU DON'T STRIVE TO CULTIVATE IT AND KEEP IT, YOU WILL
FORGET WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THE LAME TONGUE GETS NOTHING.
Submitter comment:
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, YOU MUST SPEAK
UP FOR IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THE LAND WAS SO POOR THE RABBITS HAD TO PACK A LUNCH
TO CROSS IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
A PROVERB
AS LEAN AS A RAIL.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DESCRIBE A VERY THIN PERSON, ESPECIALLY IF THE
PERSON IS THIN AS THE RESULT OF A LONG SICKNESS.
I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I FIRST HEARD THIS EXPRESSION,
BUT IT IS A COMMON ONE. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968
IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE LEFT HOLDING THE BAG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): JIMINY CRICKET PINNOCHIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
LIGHT AS A FEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LIKE A HOG FOR PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
NOT GIVEN
LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN