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SAYING: DESTRUCTIVENESS
HE (SHE) COULD TEAR UP A RAILROAD WITH A TACKHAMMER.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS DESTRUCTIVE OR CLUMSY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN