Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs & Sayings
Language: en
Pages: 490
Authors: Gregory Titelman
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Random House Reference

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An annotated reference of more than 1,500 proverbs and sayings of the American language.
Random House Dictionary of America's Popular Proverbs and Sayings
Language: en
Pages: 532
Authors: Gregory Titelman
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Random House Reference

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Arranged in an A to Z format for ease of use, this collection of proverbs and everyday expressions is newly revised with new entries and updated citations. Comp
The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs
Language: en
Pages: 513
Authors: Martin H. Manser
Categories: Proverbs, English
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Infobase Publishing

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Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Wolfgang Mieder
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Peter Lang

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"This book presents a composite picture of the richness of proverbs as significant expressions of folk wisdom as is manifest from their appearance in art, cultu
A Dictionary of American Proverbs
Language: en
Pages: 1348
Authors: Wolfgang Mieder
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press

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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