Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
This lexicographical book examines 3,290 proverbs and proverbial sayings uttered by 785 characters in sixty-six novels, 142 short stories, seventeen dramas, and six romances.
Dictionary of Quotations and Proverbs
In this reference text, Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins and histories of over 400 proverbs, detailing the changes of meaning and usage that have occurred throughout each proverb's life and offering literary examples dating back ...
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The Little Book of Yorkshire Proverbs