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The dictionary of modern proverbs /

A volume of English-language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Entries are organized alphabetically by key words, with information about the earliest datable appearance, origin, history, and meaning of each proverb.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Doyle, Charles Clay, 1943-
Other Authors: Mieder, Wolfgang, Shapiro, Fred R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • How to Read the Entries
  • PROVERBS
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z
  • Appendix: Some No Longer “Modernâ€? Proverbs
  • Works Cited