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SAYING
THOMAS EDISON SLEEPS WITH A NIGHT LIGHT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-16-1969
PROVERB
A THIEF KNOWS A THIEF AS A WOLF KNOWS A WOLF.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERB
SWEET MEAT WILL HAVE SOUR SAUCE.
Submitter comment: THAT WHICH OFTEN SEEMS TO BE SWEET OR GOOD FOR ONE IS NOT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
SWEEP BEFORE YOUR OWN DOOR.
Submitter comment: IN OTHER WORDS, TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN BUSINESS FIRST.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLOWER THAN MOLASSES ON A COLD WINTER'S MORNING.
Submitter comment: SEE AXEL, MYRA, V700 FOR VARIANT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
SLICK AS A BUTTON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN RODE HARD AND PUT AWAY WET.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM FELLOW OFFICE WORKER WHO WAS A
NATIVE WEST VIRGINIAN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
SHARP AS A TACK.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
NOT GIVEN
SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): EXPERIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PATIENCE TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
ROAMIN (ROMAN) HANDS AND RUSHIN (RUSSIAN) FINGERS!
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
NOT GIVEN
RIGHT AS RAIN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
PRIDE AND POVERTY ARE ILL-MET, BUT OFTEN SEEN TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
BLASON POPULAIRE
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
PROVERB
OLD MEN GO TO DEATH; DEATH COMES TO YOUNG MEN.
Submitter comment: OLD MEN ARE PREPARED TO DIE; YOUNG MEN ARE NOT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
AN OLD MAN NEVER WANTS A TALE TO TELL.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THE MORE YOU STIR, THE WORSE IT WILL STINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID OF A STICKY SITUATION OF WHICH THERE MAY
BE NO WAY OUT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
PROVERB
THE MORE NOBLE A MAN IS THE MORE HUMBLE HE IS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-03-1972