Dictionary of Proverbs

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Wordsworth Editions, 2006 M05 10 - 656 páginas
Compiled from G.L. Apperson's original and painstaking research of nearly three thousand works dating as far back as the twelfth century and earlier, and built upon the foundations of the great Oxford English Dictionary, the Dictionary of Proverbs traces the origins and history of English proverbs and proverbial phrases. The original author has avoided the purely aphoristic and moral, which have little claim to proverbial use, and has codified this notoriously verbal rather than literary form in a way which earned the gratitude of the compilers of the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. The proverbs are grouped alphabetically and by subject, with copious cross-references throughout, rendering the dictionary as great a joy to consult as it is to browse through. This new edition includes over 500 new entries covering new examples, such as The customer is always right, There's no such thing as a free lunch, If it ain't broke, don't fix it, Life is too short to stuff a mushroom, and The family that prays together, stays together.

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Collier Short View 232
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Ray 2 1681 W Robertson Phraseol
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a leap in the dark 2 A good year of kidney beans a good year
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If it were a bear it would bite him or you 4 He bears misery best that hides it most
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Ray 59 7 Sow or set beans in Candlemas waddle
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Clarke 303 I
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New Dict Canting Crew sig B4 As good The beard will pay for the shaving 1879 G
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Martin H. Manser lives in England.

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