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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
FAT AS MUD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WITTY SAYING
I'M JUST AS FINE AS A FROG'S HAIR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
FISH MAXIM
FISH IS GOOD FOR THE BRAIN AND KEEPS CRABGRASS OUT OF
THE MIND.
Submitter comment:
SHE QUOTES A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN MARSHALL
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
COMPARISON
FIT AS A FIDDLE.
Submitter comment: MEANS IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
FLAT AS A BOARD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
FLAT AS A PANCAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
MAXIM
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
LIFE, DEATH
FOR EVERY BABY BORN SOMEONE DIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
PROVERB
FORTUNE IS A MOTHER TO ONE; TO ANOTHER, A STEP-MOTHER.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT FATE IS FICKLE. YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHO
WILL RECEIVE HER REWARDS OR PUNISHMENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
COMPARISON
AS FREE AS THE BREEZE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
FRESH AS A DAISY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHINESE PROVERB
A FULL BOTTLE DOES NOT RATTLE; AN EMPTY BOTTLE DOES NOT
RATTLE; ONLY THE HALF-FILLED DOES.
Submitter comment:
MORAL: THE KNOWLEDGEABLE OR IGNORANT DO NOT BOAST--ONLY
THE ONE WITH INSUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO GET YOURSELF IN A PICKLE.
Submitter comment: TO GET YOURSELF IN A MESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V60 |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
GOING UP SALT RIVER
"HE'S GONE UP SALT RIVER"
Submitter comment:
WHILE LIVING IN THE AREA NEAR LOUISVILLE AND FORT KNOX,
KENTUCKY, I HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE USE THE EXPRESSION,
WHEN REFERRING TO THE DEFEAT OF A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE. ONE LADY, A LONGTIME KENTUCKY RESIDENT, TOLD ME
IT REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT YEARS AGO SETTLEMENTS ON THE
SALT RIVER, WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE OHIO (RIVER) SOUTH OF
LOUISVILLE, WERE CONSIDERED ABOUT AS FAR OUT OF THE WAY AS
ONE COULD GO.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; FORT KNOX ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
GOOD AS GOLD.
Submitter comment: THIS IS USUALLY USED TO REFER TO A PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
GREEN AS GRASS.
Submitter comment:
EXPRESSION COMMON TO THE AREA OF INDIANA WHERE I WAS BORN.
USED TO EXPRESS STUPIDITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERB
GRIN AND BEAR IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-27-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S "GRINNING LIKE A POSSUM."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-12-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS HAPPY AS A CLAM AT HIGH TIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN