Summary: "Over 1,100 proverbs are presented here in a thoroughly reader-friendly style, without compromising the scholarly standards that have characterized earlier editions. The history and meaning of each proverb is given, together with up-to-the-minute citations from around the English-speaking world, and there is a thematic index suggesting proverbs appropriate in different situations."--Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.9 OXFManser, Martin H.
Summary: Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts On File 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 082 MANBrennan-Nelson, Denise.
Summary: Offers an amusing tale about a child's literal interpretation of the statements his mother commonly makes, such as "money doesn't grow on trees" and "hold your horses."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BREKumove, Shirley
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1999