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Book Synopsis The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by : Jennifer Speake
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs written by Jennifer Speake and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published as The concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs, edited by John Simpson, 1982"--Title page verso.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Proverbs by : Jennifer Speake
Download or read book A Dictionary of Proverbs written by Jennifer Speake and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Seeing is believing when it comes to this authoritative A-Z. Find proverbs relevant to all aspects of life, look up your old favourites, and learn punchy new expressions to make your point. You can't have too much of a good thing with this entertaining and informative collection." "Over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English; Expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English; Illustrative quotations taken from the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank; Fascinating histories given for each proverb, including their earliest usage; and Includes a thematic index for quick reference."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs by : Martin H. Manser
Download or read book The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs written by Martin H. Manser and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs by :
Download or read book The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs written by and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects more than 1,400 English-language proverbs that arose in the 20th and 21st centuries, organized alphabetically by key words and including information on date of origin, history and meaning.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of American Proverbs by : Wolfgang Mieder
Download or read book A Dictionary of American Proverbs written by Wolfgang Mieder and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans have a gift for coining proverbs. "A picture is worth a thousand words" was not, as you might imagine, the product of ancient Chinese wisdom -- it was actually minted by advertising executive Fred Barnard in a 1921 advertisement for Printer's Ink magazine. After all, Americans are first and foremost a practical people and proverbs can be loosely defined as pithy statements that are generally accepted as true and useful. The next logical step would be to gather all of this wisdom together for a truly American celebration of shrewd advice.A Dictionary of American Proverbs is the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written ones. Listed alphabetically according to their most significant key word, it features over 15,000 entries including uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded, as well as thousands of traditional proverbs that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European, and American literature. Based on the fieldwork conducted over thirty years by the American Dialect Society, this volume is complete with historical references to the earliest written sources, and supplies variants and recorded geographical distribution after each proverb.Many surprised await the reader in this vast treasure trove of wit and wisdom. Collected here are nuggets of popular wisdom on all aspects of American life: weather, agriculture, travel, money, business, food, neighbors, friends, manners, government, politics, law, health, education, religion, music, song, and dance. And, to further enhance browsing pleasure, the editors have provided a detailed guide to the use of the work. While it's true that many of our best known proverbs have been supplied by the ever-present "Anonymous," many more can be attributed to some very famous Americans, like Ernest Hemingway, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas Alva Edison, Abigail Adams, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, to name but a few offered in this fascinating collection.Who wouldn't want to know the origin of "the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings?" This uniquely American proverb and many more are gathered together in A Dictionary of American Proverbs. A great resource for students and scholars of literature, psychology, folklore, linguistics, anthropology, and cultural history, this endlessly intriguing volume is also a delightful companion for anyone with an interest in American culture.
Book Synopsis Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by : Elizabeth Knowles
Download or read book Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs written by Elizabeth Knowles and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs features over 2,000 proverbs and sayings from around the world, arranged across 250 subjects - from 'Books' and 'Borrowing' to 'Dreams' and 'Drink'. Each theme has a short introduction giving an overview of the proverbial treatment of the topic and each proverb is accompanied by information on its date, source, and meaning. Not only is this book a pleasure to browse but it is ideal for quick reference with its comprehensive index that makes it easy to find the exact phrase you're looking for. Beautifully produced and designed, it is the perfect gift for anyone who loves language. Drawing on Oxford's ongoing dictionary research and language monitoring, the second edition of this delightful book adds phrases that have come to prominence, or increased in popularity, since publication of the first edition, such as 'Never waste a good crisis' and 'Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have', which add a contemporary flavour to the selection of more traditional English proverbs, and the popular sayings used in the English-speaking world from Asia, Africa, Middle East, and many other cultures. Find phrases on all aspects of life in this fascinating little book.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Modern Greek Proverbs by : Alexander Negris
Download or read book A Dictionary of Modern Greek Proverbs written by Alexander Negris and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Arabic and Islamic Proverbs by : Paul Lunde
Download or read book A Dictionary of Arabic and Islamic Proverbs written by Paul Lunde and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the quickest ways to understand a people or a culture is to learn their proverbs. This anthology, first published in 1984, compiles in dictionary form proverbs from the Islamic world, particularly the Middle East and North Africa. The Arabs were the first to gather and annotate their own proverbs – the earliest collections date from the n
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs by : Teodor Flonta
Download or read book A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs written by Teodor Flonta and published by . This book was released on with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary assembles 3,246 English proverbs and thousands of equivalents in five national Romance languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. The Dictionary is a very useful reference tool for scholars of these languages, for researchers working in various associated fields such as linguistics, literature, folklore, anthropology, psychology, sociology, history, and for workers in newer areas such as advertising and contemporary media. The Dictionary is also of benefit to diplomats and politicians who try to improve their communication by sharing ideas formulated in some common meaningful expressions; it will assist interpreters and translators, and teachers and students for whom it is important to understand not only what the target culture expresses in the same way as their own, but also what is formulated in a different way. Finally, the Dictionary will be of great interest to non-professionals who, for the sheer enjoyment of it, wish to savour the wisdom, wit, poetry and the colourful language of proverbs.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Proverbs by : Jennifer Speake
Download or read book A Dictionary of Proverbs written by Jennifer Speake and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 guide provides a thorough - and fascinating - history for every entry. Arranged in A-Z format and with a useful thematic index, A Dictionary of Proverbs is ideal for browsing and perfectly suited for quick reference. Look up your old favourites, learn punchy new expressions to get your point across, and find the answer to that crossword clue. Seeing is believing: find proverbs relevant to every aspect of life in this entertaining and informative collection.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of the Proverbs in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by : Morris Palmer Tilley
Download or read book A Dictionary of the Proverbs in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries written by Morris Palmer Tilley and published by AMS Press. This book was released on 1950 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of American Proverbs by : Kelsie B. Harder
Download or read book A Dictionary of American Proverbs written by Kelsie B. Harder and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Russian-English Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings by : Alexander Margulis
Download or read book Russian-English Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings written by Alexander Margulis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 be boys” (American). The proverbs and sayings are arranged alphabetically by the first Russian word (in the Cyrillic alphabet) and are cross-referenced so the reader can find analogous Russian versions of English sayings. There is a keyword index for each language (one in English, one in Russian in the Cyrillic alphabet), which allows the reader to find a proverb or a saying without knowing the first word. Proverbs and sayings are current and include those popular in both spoken Russian and literature. The prefatory matter is in both English and Russian, for readers who have a command of either language.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Latin and Greek, Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims, and Mottos, Classical and Mediaeval by : Henry Thomas Riley
Download or read book A Dictionary of Latin and Greek, Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims, and Mottos, Classical and Mediaeval written by Henry Thomas Riley and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of English and Romanian Equivalent Proverbs by : Teodor Flonta
Download or read book A Dictionary of English and Romanian Equivalent Proverbs written by Teodor Flonta and published by DeProverbio.com. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary assembles more than 1450 English proverbs and their Romanian equivalents. Equivalent proverbs are those which express the same concept, be it literally, such as "All that glitters is not gold" = "Nu tot ce sclipeşte e aur", or with completely different words, such as "Every cloud has a silver lining" = "Nici un rău fără bine." The Dictionary is a very useful reference tool for scholars of the two languages, for researchers working in various associated fields such as linguistics, literature, folklore, anthropology, psychology, sociology, history, and for workers in newer areas such as advertising and contemporary media. The Dictionary is also of interest to diplomats and politicians who try to improve their communication by sharing ideas formulated in some common meaningful expressions; it will assist interpreters and translators, and teachers and students for whom it is important to understand not only what the target culture expresses in the same way as their own, but also what is formulated in a different way. The Dictionary is also of benefit to non-professionals who, for the sheer enjoyment of it, wish to savour the wisdom, wit, poetry and the colourful language of proverbs.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins by : Linda Flavell
Download or read book Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins written by Linda Flavell and published by Kyle Books. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised and updated edition of a book that has sold over 50,000 copies worldwide since 1993 includes new entries. Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins of over 400 pieces of wisdom. Mini-essays cover such diverse subjects as When There's a R in the Month."Extremely useful for reference purposes, but written in an informal style ... attractive to the browser." (Reference Review)"A fascinating history of pithy, amusing sayings." (Good Book Guide)
Book Synopsis A dictionary of English proverbs by : Nejko Genchev
Download or read book A dictionary of English proverbs written by Nejko Genchev and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
