The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by John Simpson

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by John Simpson

Did you know that "A Change Is As Good As A Rest" and A Trouble Shared Is A Trouble Halved" are not recorded before the 20th century? Or that "A Watched Pot Never Boils" first occurs as late as 1848? Proverbs are a part of the living language, from computers ("Garbage In, Garbage Out) to economics ("There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"). 100 new proverbs have been added for this new edition - old sayings which have reappeared in the 20th century and brand new ones ("If It Ain's Broke, Don't Fix It"; "A Rising Tide Lifts All The Boats"; "Different Strokes For Different Folks"; "No Cure No Pay"; "Less Is More"). This guide to proverbs in current use comprises a key word system and numerous cross-reference entries. Each proverb is given with its main variants, definition where the meaning is obscure, and quotations from its first occurrence (including Greek, Latin and French antecedents) to the present day.

About the Editors John Simpson is Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, and a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He is the editor, with John Ayto, of the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang.

Jennifer Speake is a freelance writer. She is the editor of the Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases and is currently preparing a dictionary of idioms, to be published by OUP in 1999.

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ISBN 13	9780198661771
ISBN 10	0198661770
Titre	The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
Auteur	John Simpson
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Oxford University Press
Année de publication	1992-07-01
Nombre de pages	320
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