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SAYING
A ROOM SO SMALL YOU CAN'T CUSS A CAT OUT IN IT WITHOUT GETTING
FUR IN YOUR MOUTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
TAKE THE WIND OUT OF YOUR SAILS.
Submitter comment: SAYING MEANS "YOU'RE NOT AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
PROVERB
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
PROVERB
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
PROVERB: BAD TIMES
WHEN THINGS WERE NOT GOING SO WELL, MOTHER WOULD SAY, "THINGS ARE
TERRIBLE BAD."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
PROVERB
ALL HER TASTE IS IN HER MOUTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
PROVERB
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE FACE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
THAT'S A HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
THE WISE ACTS LIKE FOOL.
THE FOOL PRETENDS TO BE WISE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
Proverb
TOO SOON OLD AND TOO LATE SMART.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD - 01-19-2011
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AGE ; Elderly ; Hindsight ; IGNORANCE ; Old ; WISDOM ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB: MOTHER KNOWS BEST
DON'T TEACH YOUR MAMMY HOW TO MILK A DUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB: KEEP SLIM HENS
A SETTING HEN WILL NEVER GET FAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
DON'T MAKE LOVE IN BUGGIES BECAUSE HORSES CARRY TAILS (TALES).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
PROVERB: POOR GIRL
SHE DROVE HER DUCKS TO A POOR MARKET. (A YOUNG GIRL WHO MARRIED
POORLY.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
WILL HE EVER GET OVER FOOL'S HILL?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
SAYING
WHEN A GUEST IS ABOUT TO LEAVE AFTER A VISIT, I HAVE HEARD SOME
PEOPLE SAY: "YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THE DEVIL NEVER DID--
LEAVE."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY BY OLDER PEOPLE. IT IS ONE
WHICH MY MOTHER USES OFTEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-21-1968