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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. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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. Lively and compelling, this book is filled with favourites - old and new - and with the fascinating history of each proverb through the ages.
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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 those who like to prove people wrong in argument. Auberon Waugh, Sunday Telegraph much pleasure, earthy or erudite, and sometimes both, lies here in store Richard Holmes, The Times Read more...
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