Russian-English dictionary of proverbs and sayings / Alexander Margulis, Asya Kholodnaya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Margulis, Alexander, 1974- author.

Kholodnaya, Asya, 1928- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proverbs, Russian--Dictionaries--English.

Proverbs, Russian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This dictionary contains 2,375 Russian sayings and proverbs and their English counterparts. Variants of each saying are included, and careful attention is given to the differences in British and American versions. For example, the Russian saying that is interpreted as ""Children behave in a childish way, and they cannot be expected to act like grown-up people,"" is first given in Russian (in the Cyrillic alphabet) and then in English, and is then followed by the nearest English-language equivalent sayings in Britain and the United States: ""Young colts will canter"" (British) and ""Boys will b

Contents:

Table of Contents; Bibliography; To the Reader; The Structure of the Dictionary; The Dictionary; Russian Proverb and Saying Key Word Index; English Proverb andSaying Key Word Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-0957-8