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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT SEEMS LIKE A MONTH OF SUNDAYS.
Submitter comment: A VERY LONG TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
MORE FOOD THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
COMPARISON
MORE FUN THAN A BARREL OF MONKEYS.
Submitter comment: MEANS LOTS OF FUN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
MORE . . . . . THAN PHARAOH HAD FROGS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
PROVEBIAL PHRASE
MUSIC FOR MY EAR.
Submitter comment: GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
A SAYING FROM EAST TENNESSEE
MY SHE IS A CUTE LITTLE GIRL. A DOG MUST HAVE PISSED
ON A SMOOTH ROCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
MY STOMACH'LL THINK MY THROAT'S BEEN CUT.
Submitter comment: SAID WHEN SOMEONE'S REAL HUNGRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
NAKED AS A JAY-BIRD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S AS NERVOUS AS A CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKING CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-26-1972
PROVERB
NERVOUS AS A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF
ROCKING CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
PROVERB
NEVER IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
PROVERB
NEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING MEANS WHEN SOMEBODY GIVES YOU SOMETHING, DON'T
BE LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF IT SUITS YOU, JUST TAKE IT AND
BE GRATEFUL.
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN TELL A HORSE'S AGE BY LOOKING IN ITS MOUTH
AND TEETH. SO, IN THE SAME WAY, IF SOMEBODY GIVES YOU A
HORSE DON'T BE LOOKING IN ITS MOUTH TO SEE IF IT SUITS
YOU--JUST TAKE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER, NEVER LET ANYTHING TALLER THAN THE TWO OF YOU
COME BETWEEN YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PROVERB
NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE UNTIL IT TROUBLES YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
FLYING HIGH
NO MATTER HOW HIGH YOU FLY, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO COME
DOWN FOR WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
NOT GIVEN
NOT WORTH A TINKER'S DAMN.
Submitter comment: NOT WORTH ANYTHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CRAZY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
OFF WE GO LIKE A WILD HERD OF TURTLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
PROVERB
AS OLD AS MATHUSILAH.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF MY MOTHER'S. I FIRST
HEARD IT AS A SMALL GIRL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
Data entry tech comment:
GENESIS 5:25-27. METHUSELAH IS REPORTED TO HAVE LIVED
969 YEARS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): METHUSELAH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
FOLK SPEECH
OLD AS THE HILLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972