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FOLK SAYING
OLD AS THE HILLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ON THE UP AND UP.
Submitter comment: IMPROVING; BECOMING BETTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): LEGAL RIGHT HONEST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
NOT GIVEN
AS OUT OF PLACE AS A BASTARD AT A FAMILY REUNION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO PASS THE BUCK.
Submitter comment: TO PASS THE BLAME OR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SOMEONE ELSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
THE PICK OF THE LITTER.
Submitter comment:
THE BEST OUT OF THE GROUP; THE CHOICE ONE.
I FIRST REMEMBER HEARING THIS EXPRESSION FROM MY FATHER.
I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
THE PIGS WERE SO SKINNY THEY HAD TO TIE KNOTS IN THEIR
TALES TO KEEP FROM BLOWING THROUGH THE RAIL FENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): TAILS THIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
PROVERB
PITY CURSES ENVY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
TO PEEL ONE'S EYES.
Submitter comment: TO WATCH; TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ALERTNESS AWARENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THE PEOPLE WERE SO THICK
YOU COULDN'T STIR 'EM WITH A STICK.
Submitter comment: KNOWN AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER AND USED!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
POOR AS A CHURCHMOUSE.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY POOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIGHT POOR
POOR AS JOE'S OLD TURKEY--SO POOR HE HAD TO LEAN
UP AGAINST THE FENCE TO GOBBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
PRECIOUS THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SEVERAL PROFESSORS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE SAID TO TALK
OR TO GO SO FAST IF YOU DROP A PENCIL YOU ARE 3 CHAPTERS
BEHIND.
Submitter comment: SAID OF MY FATHER ON MTSU CAMPUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
PULLING EYE TEETH.
I'D GIVE MY EYE TEETH TO . . . .
Submitter comment:
TO GET YOU TO DO THAT IS LIKE:
HEARD AND USED OFTEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMMON PHRASE
PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
Submitter comment: TAKE THINGS AS THEY ARE OR LEAVE THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHEAP TALK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-16-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO PUT YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): INDUSTRIOUSNESS WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972