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DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS AND THEIR ORIGINS / LINDA + ROGER FLAVELL.

By: Contributor(s): Series: The Dictionary SeriesPublisher: London : Kyle Cathie, 2016Copyright date: ©2006Edition: Revised, updated and expanded editionDescription: vii, 273 pages : 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780857834034
  • 9780857833471 (Set)
Other title:
  • Proverbs and their origins
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 398.903 23
Summary: Did you know that 'if the cap fits' refers to the traditional jester's cap with bells on it - so anyone wearing such a cap could be expected to do something foolish? Or that the ancient Greeks believed that it was camels rather than elephants that never forgot? The entries are interspersed with mini-essays on such diverse subjects as The Proverbial Cynic and When there's a R in the Month. The result is essential reading for anyone who delights in words.
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Book Perpustakaan Alor Setar RFID Rujukan Dewasa R 398.903 FLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan A01685460

First published in Great Britain in 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Did you know that 'if the cap fits' refers to the traditional jester's cap with bells on it - so anyone wearing such a cap could be expected to do something foolish? Or that the ancient Greeks believed that it was
camels rather than elephants that never forgot? The entries are interspersed with mini-essays on such diverse subjects as The Proverbial Cynic and When there's a R in the Month. The result is essential reading for anyone who delights in words.

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