Dictionary of proverbs
Flavell, Linda2004
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This dictionary traces the origins and histories of over 400 proverbs, detailing the changes of meaning and usage that have occurred throughout each proverb's life and offering literary examples dating back over 2000 years. In Dictionary of Proverbs Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins and histories of over 400 proverbs, detailing the changes of meaning and usage that have occurred throughout each proverb's life and offering literary examples dating back over 2000 years. Entries have been selected because they have a tale to tell and because they are pithily, even wittily phrased, offering, as Cervantes put it, 'short sentences drawn from long experience'.
Main title:
Dictionary of proverbs / Linda Flavell & Roger Flavell.
Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
London : Kyle Cathie, 2004.
Collation:
288 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: published as Dictionary of proverbs and their origins. 1993.
ISBN:
9781856265638 (pbk)
Dewey class:
398.92103398.92398.921
LC class:
PN6421
Language:
English
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BRN:
2577394
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