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FOLK SAYING
STRAIGHT AS A STICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
STRAIGHT AS A STICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
STRAUSS IS STRUSSED.
Submitter comment:
SEEN IN S.R. BUILDING AT GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR
TEACHERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-16-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS STUBBORN AS ADAM'S OFF OX.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS SAYING FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A
SMALL GIRL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. I RECORDED IT AUGUST
9, 1968, IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
COMPARISON: STUBBORN/MULE
STUBBORN AS A MULE.
Submitter comment: MEANS SOMEONE IS VERY STUBBORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SWEATING UP A STORM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
COMPARISON: SWEET/HONEY
SWEET AS HONEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISONS
SWEET AS HONEY
SOUR AS VINEGAR
QUICK AS A WINK
HAPPY AS A LARK
ROUGH AS A COB
SLIPPERY AS AN EEL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
COMPARISON
SWIMS LIKE A FISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
SWINGING IN ON A GRAPEVINE.
Submitter comment:
IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, THE ABOVE EXPRESSION WAS USED TO SHOW
THAT A PLACE WAS REMOTE OR ISOLATED. THE CANEY CREEK
SCHOOL AT PIPPA PASSES, KENTUCKY, WAS IN SUCH AN AREA.
NO BUSES OR TRAINS WENT NEAR, AND THE ROAD LEADING TO THE
SCHOOL WAS ROUGH. I NEVER VISITED THIS SCHOOL MYSELF, BUT
THE STUDENTS WHO DID SAID YOU "HAD TO SWING IN ON A
GRAPEVINE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TAKE OFF LIKE A COVY OF QUAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COVEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
COMMON PHRASE
TAKES TO IT LIKE A DUCK TO WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TEU, TEU, TEU.
Submitter comment: ONOMATOPEIAIC FOR KNOCK ON WOOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
WITTY SAYING: THAT WENT OVER LIKE . . .
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A PREGNANT NUN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
NOT GIVEN
THAT'S A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE.
Submitter comment:
USED AS AN EXPRESSION OF FINALITY. WHEN ONE FINISHES A TASK
SUCH AS WASHING DISHES, ONE SAYS "THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE."
AFTER RELATING SOMEONE ELSE'S CONVERSATION, IF SOMEONE
SHOULD ASK YOU IF THAT IS ALL, YOU SAY, "THAT'S ALL SHE
WROTE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
WITTY SAYING--THAT'S GOT AS MUCH CHANCE AS . . .
THAT'S GOT AS MUCH CHANCE AS A SNOWBALL IN HELL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IMPOSSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S THE LAST STRAW.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USUALLY SAID BY SOMEONE MEANING THAT HE HAS HAD
ALL HE CAN TAKE, AND HE HAS COME TO A BREAKING OR TURNING
POINT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): END FINALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT'S THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT TWO THINGS, PEOPLE, EVENTS, SITUATIONS
ARE ALIKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SIMILARITY HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-22-1972