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PROVERB
AN OLD MAN NEVER WANTS A TALE TO TELL.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THE MORE YOU STIR, THE WORSE IT WILL STINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID OF A STICKY SITUATION OF WHICH THERE MAY
BE NO WAY OUT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
PROVERB
THE MORE NOBLE A MAN IS THE MORE HUMBLE HE IS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
PROVERB
A MISERLY FATHER HAS A THRIFTLESS SON.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, TO KEEP THE EXPENSES OF A SON DOWN,
THE FATHER HAS TO BE MISERLY.
Data entry tech comment:
ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION: THE MISERLINESS OF THE
FATHER WILL RESULT IN A THRIFTLESS SON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-05-1972
PROVERB
MANY PEOPLE SAY GOOD THINGS, BUT THINK BAD ONES.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
PROVERB
A MAN WITHOUT MONEY IS LIKE A BOW WITHOUT AN ARROW.
Submitter comment: IN OTHER WORDS, HE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH MUCH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERB
A MAN AT 16 WILL PROVE A CHILD AT 60.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT HE WILL, IN OLD AGE, BECOME CHILDISH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERB
A MAN AND A DOG ARE NEVER TIRED OF EACH OTHER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-08-1972
PROVERB
MALICE HAS A SHARP SIGHT AND A LONG MEMORY.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, WHEN YOU WANT TO HURT SOMEONE, YOU
BECOME ALERT TO THE POSSIBLE WAYS OF DOING IT AND YOU
REMEMBER THE HURT LONGER.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-02-1972
PROVERB
LYING RIDES ON DEATH'S BACK.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT LYING CAN CAUSE SERIOUS, PERHAPS FATAL,
RESULTS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-05-1972
PROVERB
THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Data entry tech comment: SEE 1 TIMOTHY 6:10.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT LOVE CANNOT BE SHUT UP.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-18-1972
PROVERB
LOVE CAN'T BE BOUGHT AT THE MARKET.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T BUY LOVE. IT MUST BE EARNED.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Bought ; LOVE ; Market ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Purchase
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
I WOULDN'T KNOW HIM FROM ADAM'S HOUSE CAT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-20-1972
PROVERB
I WILL GIVE YOU A YANKEE NICKEL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
PROVERB
IT IS AS COLD AS A WEDGE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
IT'S AS HIGH AS A GEORGIA PINE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
SAYING
IT'S AS DARK AS EGYPT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
I'M SO LOW I HAVE TO LOOK UP TO SEE DOWN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A MULE'S ASS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-14-1972