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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE LOOKS LIKE A BAR OF SOAP AFTER A HARD DAY'S WASH.
Submitter comment:
PROVERB OFTEN USED BY MY AUNT, MRS. FLOY WEST, PORTLAND,
TENNESSEE, D.1969.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN ; 00-00-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE LOOKS LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-04-1969
TARDINESS
SHE'S SLOWER THAN THE SECOND COMIN' OF CHRIST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): LATE LATENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-14-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE'S SO SKINNY SHE COULD CHANGE CLOTHES IN A SHOT GUN
BARREL AND NOT GET DIRTY!
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE'S SO SKINNY WHEN SHE TURNS SIDEWAYS AND STICKS OUT HER
TONGUE SHE LOOKS LIKE A ZIPPER.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVEB
SHE WAS SO UGLY SHE LOOKED LIKE THE SOUTH END OF A COW
GOING NORTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SICK AS A DOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SIX IN ONE HAND AND HALF A DOZEN IN THE OTHER.
Submitter comment:
THE ODDS ARE EVEN. IT'S ALL THE SAME. ONE IS AS GOOD
OR BAD AS THE OTHER.
THIS IS AN EXPRESSION WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD MY MOTHER
USE. I RECORDED IT JULY 28, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
COMPARISON
SKINNY AS A RAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THAT SKIRT IS SO SHORT, IT WOULDN'T FLAG A TRAIN IF IT
WERE RED.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM LONG TIME RESIDENT OF ROCKMART,
GEORGIA, JAMES TRIBLE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ROCKMART
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-12-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLICK AS A WHISTLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
FOLK SPEECH
SLIPPERY AS A MAYER BEFORE ELECTION.
Data entry tech comment: MAYOR POLITICS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S AS SLOW AS CHRISTMAS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-22-1970
COMPARISON
SLOW AS CHRISTMAS.
Submitter comment: MEANS IT SEEMS TO TAKE FOREVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
SLOW AS CHRISTMAS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLOW AS MOLASSAS.
Submitter comment: COMMON TO THE AREA IN INDIANA WHERE I WAS BORN.
Data entry tech comment: MOLASSES
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERBIAL CMPARISON
AS SLOW AS MOLASSES IN JANUARY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S AS SLOW AS MOLASSES IN JANUARY!
Submitter comment: PROVERB OFTEN USED BY INFORMANT'S MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
AS SLOW AS MOLASSES RUNNING UP HILL IN JANUARY.
Submitter comment:
(THIS) IS AN EXPRESSION FOR A SLOW PERSON SUCH AS SLOW
TALKER, WALKER, DOER, ETC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN