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HOW QUICK CAN A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL SHAKE?
QUICKER THAN THREE SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
RAINING CATS AND DOGS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
PROVERB
RAKING YOU OVER THE COALS.
Submitter comment:
GOSSIPING ABOUT SOMEONE.
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON EXPRESSION USED IN
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
SAYING
AS RED AS A PREGNANT NUN IN CHURCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): EMBARRASSMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
RED IN THE MORNING SAILORS TAKE WARNING RED AT NIGHT
SAIILORS DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-09-1970
COMPARISON: REGULAR/CLOCKWORK
AS REGULAR AS CLOCKWORK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING
RIDICULOUS AS AN ABOLITIONIST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
RIGHT AS RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
ROUGH AS A COB.
Submitter comment: APPLIES TO A HARD PERSON TO DEAL WITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): FRICTION DIFFICULTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
RUNNING AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
RUNNING LIKE A CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
TO RUN LIKE A SCARED RABBIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): FEAR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE SAME OLE SIX AND SEVEN . . .
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AT ODDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
PROVERB
SAVE YOUR BREATH, YOU'LL NEED IT WHEN YOU'RE DYING.
Submitter comment:
SAID WHEN SOMEONE GOES ON ABOUT SOMETHING WHEN THERE'S
NO USE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
FOLK PHRASE
TO BE SAWING LOGS.
Submitter comment: TO BE SNORING
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS SCARCE AS HEN'S TEETH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
COMPARISON
SHARP AS A TACK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USUALLY USED IN REFERRING TO A PERSON; "SHARP"
IN THE SENSE OF "BRIGHT" OR "SMART."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO BE SHARP
SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-00-1969
NOT GIVEN
SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH IS THE TONGUE OF AN
UNGRATEFUL CHILD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-12-1972