Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs
1992
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A guide to proverbs in current use, revised and expanded for this edition. Each proverb is given with its main variants, quotations showing its use over the years, definitions where the meaning is not clear, and Greek, Latin and French antecedents where they apply.
Main title:
Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs / John Simpson with the assistance of Jennifer Speake.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Collation:
xiii,316p. ; 20cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780198661771
Dewey class:
398.92103
Language:
English
BRN:
270644
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