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This is a treasury of over 15,000 sayings, adages and maxims commonly used in the USA and Canada. Based on oral as well as written sources, it covers uniquely North American proverbs as well as those hailing from classical, biblical, European and English literature.

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'This elaborate book is the fruit of nearly 50 years' work in the field. The book will help journalists desperate for an unusual gnomic peg and is good bedside browsing.' Philip Howard, Times Saturday REview

A Dictionary of American Proverbs

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    A Hardback by Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury, Kelsie B. Harder

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: 3/19/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195053999, 978-0195053999
      ISBN10: 0195053990

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a treasury of over 15,000 sayings, adages and maxims commonly used in the USA and Canada. Based on oral as well as written sources, it covers uniquely North American proverbs as well as those hailing from classical, biblical, European and English literature.

      Trade Review
      'This elaborate book is the fruit of nearly 50 years' work in the field. The book will help journalists desperate for an unusual gnomic peg and is good bedside browsing.' Philip Howard, Times Saturday REview

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