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The Oxford dictionary of proverbs

Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2008.
Series: Oxford paperback reference.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English : 5th edView all editions and formats
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"Seeing is believing when it comes to this authoritative A-Z. Find proverbs relevant to all aspects of life, look up your old favourites, and learn punchy new expressions to make your point. You can't have too much of a good thing with this entertaining and informative collection." "Over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English; Expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English;  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Dictionaries
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Oxford dictionary of proverbs.
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
(OCoLC)679453069
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jennifer Speake
ISBN: 9780199539536 0199539537 9780191727740 0191727741
OCLC Number: 212857025
Description: xii, 388 pages ; 20 cm.
Contents: INTRODUCTION ; ABBREVIATIONS ; DICTIONARY ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; THEMATIC INDEX
Series Title: Oxford paperback reference.
Other Titles: Proverbs
Dictionary of proverbs
Responsibility: edited by Jennifer Speake.
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This unique and authoritative collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely-used proverbs in English with research drawing on the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank.  Read more...

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Review from previous edition brilliantly arranged ... I recommend it without hesitation to all students of the English language and lovers of literature, as well as to pedants, crossword fanatics and Read more...

 
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