Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th Edition
$32.64
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2015
Summary
This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, utilizing the latest research from the Oxford Languages team to source them.
This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, broadening the cultural range of the proverbs selected, and covering sayings of international origins. With a strong emphasis on concisely explaining the meaning of the proverbs described, the dictionary also provides additional examples of usage and i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198734901 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198734905 |
| Author: | Jennifer Speake |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 6th |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 136mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Oxford Quick Reference |
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Critics Review
brilliantly arranged . . . I recommend it without hesitation to all students of the English language and lovers of literature, as well as to pedants, crossword fanatics and those who like to prove people wrong in argument.'Auberon Waugh, Sunday Telegraphmuch pleasure, earthy or erudite, and sometimes both, lies here in store’Richard Holmes, The Times
Jennifer Speake
Jennifer Speake is a freelance writer. She was the editor of the first editions of The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (1997) and The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms (1999).
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