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Books : Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

from: OUP Oxford


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 398 EAN: 9780198608943 ISBN: 0198608942 Label: OUP Oxford Manufacturer: OUP Oxford Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: April 22, 2004 Publisher: OUP Oxford Sales Rank: 20450 Studio: OUP Oxford	Average Rating: Price: £8.99 Prices subject to change.
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A proverb is a common saying which offers advice or presents a moral in a short or pithy manner. In the past, proverbs had the status of universal truths and were used to prove an argument: the fact that new proverbs are still coming into being shows how these neat expressions are still valued and used. Modern proverbs have many different origins (for example 'garbage in, garbage out' comes from computing, while 'there's no such thing as free lunch' comes from economics), but people still look for a vivid and concrete image to make their point. Now available in paperback, this brand new edition is a valuable updating and revision of the well-loved classic, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, with increased coverage of 1,100 proverbs. Presented in a thoroughly reader-friendly style yet staying true to the scholarly standards that have characterized earlier editions, it offers more detailed annotation and up-to-the-minute citations from around the English-speaking world. New additions include 'another day, another dollar', 'bad things come in threes', 'better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep', and 'there is more than one way to skin a cat', with new illustrative quotations putting proverbs in their historical context. This edition also contains a full thematic index.

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A proverb is a common saying which offers advice or presents a moral in a short or pithy manner. In the past, proverbs had the status of universal truths and were used to prove an argument: the fact that new proverbs are still coming into being shows how these neat expressions are still valued and used. Modern proverbs have many different origins (for example 'garbage in, garbage out' comes from computing, while 'there's no such thing as free lunch' comes from economics), but people still look for a vivid and concrete image to make their point. Now available in paperback, this brand new edition is a valuable updating and revision of the well-loved classic, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, with increased coverage of 1,100 proverbs. Presented in a thoroughly reader-friendly style yet staying true to the scholarly standards that have characterized earlier editions, it offers more detailed annotation and up-to-the-minute citations from around the English-speaking world.New additions include 'another day, another dollar', 'bad things come in threes', 'better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep', and 'there is more than one way to skin a cat', with new illustrative quotations putting proverbs in their historical context.

This edition also contains a full thematic index.

About the Author:
Jennifer Speake is a freelance writer. She is the editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (1997) and of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms (1999).

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First things first, this is not a cookery book! My wife Doreen picked this up assuming it to be about eggs, proving that you should never judge a book by its cover. I was absolutely furious about her mistake at first. Failure may be a stepping stone to success but when it comes to my views on the dish that she prepared, discretion would be the better part of valour. Aside from imparting the knowledge that you cannot proceed without breaking eggs, I am sorry to say that this book left her completely ... Read More

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