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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PROVERB
LOVE COMES IN AT THE WINDOW AND OUT AT THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT LOVE GROWS, SO THAT AFTER LOVING
SOMEONE A LONG TIME, YOUR LOVE IS BIGGER THAN IT
WAS WHEN YOU BEGAN TO LOVE THE PERSON.
Data entry tech comment:
LOVE GOES OUT THE WINDOW WHEN POVERTY COMES IN THE
DOOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
LOVE MAKES A GOOD EYE SQUINT.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT LOVE CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO GO ASTRAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-18-1972
COMPARISON
MAD AS A WET HEN.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY MAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SO MAD YOU CAN'T SEE STRAIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE.
Submitter comment:
THERE ARE MORE THINGS IN LIFE THAN JUST BEING FED, OR
ACCUMULATING MATERIAL THINGS.
Data entry tech comment: SEE MATTHEW 4:4 AND LUKE 4:4
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERB
MAN DOES WHAT HE CAN; GOD DOES WHAT HE WILLS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-30-1972
PROVERB
A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A MAN IS MORE EASILY HURT THAN HEALED.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-02-1972
PROVERB
MAN IS THE HEAD BUT WOMAN TURNS IT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-28-1972
COMPARISON
AS MANY AS CARTER HAS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): NUMBER QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
MANY PEOPLE TALK A LOT, BUT THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-09-1972
PROVERB
MANY THINGS GROW IN THE GARDEN WHICH IS NEVER SOWED.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT IN LEISURE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MAXIM
MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISURE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
JEWISH SAYING
MAY YOU LIVE TO 120.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO MISS THE BOAT.
Submitter comment: TO MISUNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 05-00-1972
COMMON PHRASE
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS IMITATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
A MONTH OF SUNDAYS.
Submitter comment:
MEANING A LONG TIME: I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A MONTH OF
SUNDAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-01-1970