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PROVERB
IF YOU PUT NOTHING INTO YOUR PURSE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE
TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT.
Submitter comment:
TO ME THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD STORE UP SOME OF THE GOOD
THINGS WHICH YOU LIKE FOR FUTURE USE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NICE ABOUT SOMEONE, DON'T SAY
ANYTHING AT ALL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
IF WISHES WERE HORSES, THEN BEGGARS WOULD RIDE.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS WISHING FOR SOMETHING NEVER DOES ANY GOOD.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERB
IF HIS WORD WERE A BRIDGE, I'D BE AFRAID TO CROSS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-03-1970
SAYING
IF A PERSON IS BEING CATTY, PEOPLE USED TO SAY, "PUT HER
MILK IN A SAUCER!"
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF A MAN CAN'T LOVE A DOG, HE CAN'T LOVE A HUMAN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
I'D RECOGNIZE THAT VOICE IN DARKEST AFRICA.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'D RATHER BE AN OLD MAN'S DARLING (THAN) A
YOUNG MAN'S FOOL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
NOT GIVEN
I DON'T KNOW HIM FROM A SACK OF SALT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HIS MILK ISN'T OUT OF HIS NOSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS IMMATURE, PERHAPS
CHILDISH. IT IS SUGGESTIVE OF A CHILD'S EATING HABITS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S SO LAZY IT'D TAKE HIS FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW TIL SEVEN
O'CLOCK TO CATCH UP WITH HIM.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
PROVERB
HE'S SLOWER THAN MOLASSES IN JANUARY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
PROVERB
HE'S NOT "WORTH A CONTINENTAL."
Submitter comment: DERIVED FROM WORTHLESS MONEY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE LOOKS LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
HE IS SO DISHONEST HE WOULD STEAL MANURE FROM A BLIND
TUMBLEBUG AND SET HIM ON THE WRONG ROAD HOME.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
PROVERB
HE'S AS LIMBER AS A DISHRAG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
HE IS A IRISH AS PATTY'S PIG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
HE HASN'T GOT THE SENSE THE LORD PROMISED A GREEN APPLE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
SAYING
HE HASN'T GOT THE SENSE GOD GAVE A GOOSE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1972