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COMPARISON
DUMB AS AN OX.
Submitter comment:
MEANS THE SUBJECT REFERRED TO IS STUPID, CAN'T THINK ON
HIS OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS DUMB AS DORA.
Submitter comment:
ABOUT AS STUPID AS YOU CAN GET. THIS IS A COMMON SAYING; I
DO NOT KNOW WHERE I FIRST HEARD IT. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9,
1968 IN NASHVILLE,
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
DYING LIKE FLIES WITH THE BOTTS.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS AN EXPRESSION WHICH SHE HEARD
AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
DYING BECAUSE OF AN EPIDEMIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
PROVERB
THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
EAST OR WEST--HOME IS BEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
COMPARISON
AS EASY AS PIE.
Submitter comment: MEANS IT'S EASY TO DO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
EATS LIKE A BIRD.
Submitter comment: MEANS SOMEONE DOESN'T EAT VERY MUCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
EATS LIKE A HORSE.
Submitter comment: MEANS SOMEONE EATS ALOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COLLOQUIALISM
EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY.
Submitter comment:
I'VE HEARD THIS ALL MY LIFE AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF
SAYING "ALL THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
WELLERISM
"EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS," SAID THE OLD WOMAN AS SHE
WET IN THE OCEAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
WELLERISM
"EVERYBODY TO HIS OWN LIKING," AS THE OLD LADY SAID WHEN SHE
KISSED THE CALF.
Submitter comment:
EVERYBODY ELSE KISSED HIM IN THE MOUTH, AND SHE RAISED UP HIS
TAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
PROVERB
EVERYONE MUST EAT A PECK OF DIRT BEFORE HE DIES.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS AS A YOUNG GIRL FROM MY MOTHER IN MEMPHIS;
SHE FIRST HEARD IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN FORT SMITH,
ARKANSAS. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
BLASON POPULAIRE
FAINT HEART NE'ER WON FAIR MAIDEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO HAVE A FALLING OUT.
Submitter comment: TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
A FALSE FRIEND AND A SHADOW PLAY ONLY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS FAST AS A DOSE OF SALTS THROUGH A WIDOW WOMAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-02-1969
NOT GIVEN
FAST AS A NEW YORK MINUTE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
COMPARISON
FAST AS GREASED LIGHTNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
FAT AS A PIG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972