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NOT GIVEN
HASTE MAKES WASTE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMMON EXPRESSION
FREEZE THE TAIL OFF A BRASS MONKEY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-11-1969
NOT GIVEN
FREE AS A BIRD.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HIS EYES LOOK LIKE TWO BURNT HOLES IN A BLANKET.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WELLERISM
"EVERYONE TO HIS OWN NOTION," SAID THE LADY AS SHE KISSED
THE CALF.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 06-21-1972
PROVERB
DRIVING TO THE POOR HOUSE IN A CADILLAC.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
DON'T BUY MOONSHINE FROM SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T DRINK HIS
OWN BREW.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
PROVERB
CUT THE CRAP OUT!
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CROOKED AS A DOG'S HIND LEG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
COOL AS A MOOSE'S TIT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
COOL AS A MOOSE'S ASS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1969
PROVERBIAL SAYING
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
BLASON POPULAIRE
CAN'T FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE BRIGHT-EYED AND BUSHY-TAILED.
Submitter comment: TO FEEL GREAT AND READY FOR ANYTHING.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-22-1972
PROVERB: BLASON POPULAIRE
THE BIGGER THEY ARE,
THE HARDER THEY FALL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
PROVERB
BEWARE OF THE MAN WHOSE BIBLE HAS DIRTY PAGES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
PROVERB
BETTER TO ASK THE WAY TEN TIMES, THAN TO GO ASTRAY ONCE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-02-1970
NOT GIVEN
BEER ON WHISKEY, RISKY,
WHISKEY ON BEER, NEVER FEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A VERSE THAT HELPS ONE TO KNOW NOT TO DRINK WHISKEY
AND THEN TO DRINK BEER OR HE WILL GET DRUNK. HOWEVER, THE
PERSON WILL NOT GET DRUNK IF HE DRINKS BEER FIRST AND THEN
DRINKS WHISKEY. (WHISKEY INCLUDES ANY TYPE OF LIQUORS.)
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
BEER ON TOP OF WHISKEY
MIGHTY RISKY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN