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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WERE YOU "BORN IN A BARN?"
Submitter comment:
SAID TO SOMEONE WHO ENTERS THE ROOM LEAVING THE DOOR
OPEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EXPRESSIVE COMPARISON
BUILT LIKE A BRICK SHITHOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
COMMON PHRASE
A BUNCH OF BULL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A BURNED CHILD DREADS THE FIRE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): HARD WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
COMPARISON: BUSY/BEE
BUSY AS A BEE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPERHANGER WITH THE HIVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
CALL ME PICKLE, 'CAUSE I'M A DILLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
NOT GIVEN
CHEATY, CHEATY, NEVER BEATY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DESCRIPTIVE EXPRESSION
CHICKEN TODAY AND FEATHERS TOMORROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE A CHIP OFF THE OLE BLOCK.
Submitter comment: TO BE VERY MUCH LIKE ONE OF YOUR PARENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD BEFORE YOU LEND ME YOUR RAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CLEAR AS MUD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CLOTHES DON'T MAKE THE MAN.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE BY APPEARANCES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
A COLD SAYING
AS COLD AS A WELL-DIGGER'S BUTT!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
PROVERBIAL EXPRESSION
COLD AS A WIDOW'S HEART.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-11-1969
EXPRESSIVE PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
COLD AS A WITCH'S TIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
NOT GIVEN
COLD AS A WITCH'S TIT IN A BRASS BRA.
COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE THE BALLS OFF OF A BRASS MONKEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
COLD AS A WITCH'S TIT IN A BRASS BRASSIERE.
Submitter comment: LOCKER ROOM COMPARISON!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1972