The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by John Simpson
From "the more the merrier" to "there's no such thing as a free lunch", this guide contains over 1000 of the best-known English proverbs from around the world. For this new edition, many new quotations have been added to illustrate the proverbs and over 100 new proverbs are included for the first time. A new thematic index is also included to help one find proverbs on subjects ranging from bee-keeping to stress.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 | 9780192800022 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192800027 |
| Title | The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs |
| Author | John Simpson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1993-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 330 |
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