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PROVERB
HIS BARK IS WORSE THAN HIS BITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY.
Submitter comment: MEANS EVERYBODY WILL GET HIS TURN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DON'T BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
MIGHTY OAKS FROM TINY ACORNS GROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEGINNING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN I.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE THERE'S FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: IMPOSSIBLE EXPECTATION
YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB: DON'T WORRY
DON'T CROSS THAT BRIDGE TILL YOU GET TO IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
WHO PAYS THE PIPER CALLS THE TUNE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: ACQUIESCENCE
DON'T MAKE WAVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN ADVANCE YOURSELF BY MAKING THE RIGHT
CONTACTS WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
PROVERB
MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T WORSHIP MONEY. IT CAN MAKE YOU
GREEDY AND GENERALLY DEBASE YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
THIS PROVERB IS QUOTED MORE ACCURATELY IN 1 TIMOTHY 6:10 AS "THE
LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVILS." INFORMANT'S EXPLANATION
REFLECTS THIS EMPHASIS ON THE ATTITUDE TOWARD MONEY RATHER THAN
THE MONEY ITSELF BEING EVIL'S ROOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
PROVERB
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.
Submitter comment:
THIS OFTEN MEANS THAT ONE SHOULD REMAIN INDIFFERENT AND OBJECTIVE
WHEN CONDUCTING BUSINESS AFFAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
PROVERB
HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL.
Submitter comment: THE MEANING IS OBVIOUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERB
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-23-1972