Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
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Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by John Simpson
Now reissued and updated, this reference provides the reader with over 1100 of the best-known English proverbs from around the world. For this fourth edition, the explanatory material has been expanded and new proverbs added including "Another day, another dollar", "Bad things come in threes", "Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep" and "There is more than one way to skin a cat", with new illustrative quotations putting proverbs in their historical context.Jennifer Speake is a freelance writer. She is the editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (1997) and of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms (1999).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198605249 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198605242 |
| Title | Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs |
| Author | John Simpson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2004-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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