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SPEECH
HE SWEAT NAILS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERB
HE THOUGHT LIKE LITE.
Submitter comment:
HE THOUGHT WRONG.
I FIRST HEARD THIS EXPRESSION AS A YOUNG GIRL FROM MY
MOTHER IN MEMPHIS; SHE 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 Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
HE WAS RAISED IN A BARN.
Submitter comment:
HE NEVER CLOSES DOORS BEHIND HIM.
THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF ONE OF MY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
TEACHERS. I RECORDED IT JULY 28, 1968, IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
HE WHO CANNOT COMMAND HIMSELF IS A SLAVE.
Submitter comment:
YOU MUST MASTER YOUR OWN DESIRES, OR YOU WILL BE ENSLAVED
BY THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO DRAWS HIS CHAIN IS NOT FREE.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, AS LONG AS YOU ARE BURDENED DOWN WITH
PROBLEMS, YOU'RE NOT FREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS LOUDEST.
Submitter comment: PROVERB HEARD FROM MY PARENTS AND AT SCHOOL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE WHO MARRIES A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN MARRIES
FOUR THIEVES.
Submitter comment: THIS IS PERHAPS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO RISES FIRST IS FIRST DRESSED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS PROBABLY COMPARABLE TO "THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES
THE WORM."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO STEALS A CALF WILL STEAL A COW.
Submitter comment: STEALING LITTLE THINGS CAN LEAD TO STEALING BIG THINGS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WILL STRETCH A DOLLAR UNTIL THE EAGLE HOLLERS!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-26-1972
COMPARISON
HIGHER THAN A KITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HIGHER THAN (A) CAT'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
HIS BREAD ISN'T IN THE OVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
HOT AS A DEPOT STOVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
NOT GIVEN
HOT AS A FOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
HOW TIME FLIES!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
HUNGER
HUNGRIER THAN A BITCH WOLF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
HUNGRY AS A BEAR.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY HUNGRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IF A MAN FALLS DOWN, ALL WILL WALK ON HIM.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-02-1972