The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
John Simpson(Author)
Oxford Paperbacks (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. October 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
330 pages
978-0-19-280002-2 (ISBN)
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Description
From "the more the merrier" to "there's no such thing as a free lunch", this guide contains over 1000 of the best-known English proverbs from around the world. For this new edition, many new quotations have been added to illustrate the proverbs and over 100 new proverbs are included for the first time. A new thematic index is also included to help one find proverbs on subjects ranging from bee-keeping to stress.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-280002-2 (9780192800022)
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John Simpson | Jennifer Speake
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
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10/1998
3rd Edition
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€8.65
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