The Oxford dictionary of proverbs / edited by John Simpson and Jennifer Speake.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simpson, J. A., 1953- editor.

Speake, Jennifer, editor.

Series:

Oxford Paperback Reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proverbs, English--Dictionaries.

Proverbs, English.

Genre:

Subject dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1006 pages)

Edition:

5th ed.

Other Title:

Dictionary of proverbs

Proverbs

Place of Publication:

[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English and uses research from the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank. This edition has been revised and fully updated and includes numerous entirely new entries. It also features expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English. With an emphasis on examples of usage, including the earliest written evidence of its use, this A-Z guideprovides a thorough - and fascinating - history for every entry. Arranged in A-Z format and with a useful thematic i

Contents:

Abbreviations used in the dictionary

Introduction

Dictionary

Bibliography

Thematic Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780191727740

0191727741

9780191580017

0191580015

OCLC:

727648491