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FOLK SAYING
SLY AS A FOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
COMPARISON: SLY/FOX
SLY AS A FOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SMART AS A WHIP.
Submitter comment: COMMON TO THE AREA IN INDIANA WHERE I WAS BORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SMELLED AS SWEET OR LOOKED AS SWEET AS PRETTY GIRLS GOING
TO MEETING (CHURCH).
Submitter comment:
REMEMBER THIS FROM MY GRANDFATHER ANDREW YOUNG, WATERLOO,
ALABAMA.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; WATERLOO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON: SMELL OR ODOR
AS SMELLY AS A MULE'S SOUTH END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
THE SNOW WAS ASS-DEEP TO A TALL INDIAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
SO DRUNK THEY HAD TO TAKE HIS PANTS OFF OVER HIS HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
COMMON SAYING
SO, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS
IN CHINA?
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID TO A PERSON AFTER HE HAS MADE A REMARK
IRRELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
S.S. BACH SLEPT IN THE NUDE.
Submitter comment:
SEEN WRITTEN IN S.R. BUILDING AT GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE
FOR TEACHERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
WELL-BUILT
STACKED LIKE A BRICK SHIT HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-14-1969
NOT GIVEN
STARVE A FEVER AND FEED A COLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO STICK YOUR NECK OUT.
Submitter comment: TO ASK FOR TROUBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
STIFF AS A BOARD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S SO STINGY HE HAS A NICKEL OF THE FIRST DOLLAR
HE EVER MADE.
Submitter comment: SAID OF OUR LANDLORD!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
PROVERB
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
PROVERB
STOP THINKING SO HARD, I CAN SMELL THE WOOD BURNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
COMPARISON: STRAIGHT/ARROW
STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY STRAIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN