The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

OXFORD PAPERBACK REFERENCE The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs Jennifer Speake is a freelance writer She is the editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases 1997 and of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms 199 The most authoritative and up to date reference books for both students and the general reader ABC of Music Accounting Allusions Animal Behaviour Archaeology Architecture and Landscape Architecture Art and Artists Art Terms Arthurian Literature and Legend Astronomy Battles Better Wordpower Bible Biology British History British Place Names Buddhism Business and Management Card Games Catchphrases Century of New Words Chemistry Christian Art Christian Church Classical Literature Classical Myth and Religion Classical World Computing Contemporary World History Countries of the World Dance Dynasties of the World Earth Sciences Ecology Economics Education Encyclopaedia Engineering English Etymology English Folklore English Grammar English Language English Literature English Surnames Environment and Conservation Euphemisms Everyday Grammar Family and Local History Finance and Banking First Names Food and Drink Food and Nutrition Foreign Words and Phrases Geography Humorous Quotations Idioms Internet Irish History Islam Kings and Queens of Britain Language Toolkit Law Law Enforcement Linguistics Literary Terms London Place Names Mathematics Medical Medicinal Drugs Modern Design Modern Quotations Modern Slang Music Musical Terms Musical Works Nicknames Nursing Ologies and Isms Philosophy Phrase and Fable Physics Plant Sciences Plays Pocket Fowler s Modern English Usage Political Quotations Politics Popes Proverbs Psychology Quotations Quotations by Subject Reverse Dictionary Rhymes Rhyming Slang Saints Science Scientific Quotations Scottish History Shakespeare Ships and the Sea Slang ...