Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs & Sayings

Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs & Sayings

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  • Author: Gregory Titelman
  • Publisher: Random House Reference
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Reference
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 490

An annotated reference of more than 1,500 proverbs and sayings of the American language.


Random House Dictionary of America's Popular Proverbs and Sayings

Random House Dictionary of America's Popular Proverbs and Sayings

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  • Author: Gregory Titelman
  • Publisher: Random House Reference
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Proverbs, English
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 536

Arranged in an A to Z format for ease of use, this collection of proverbs and everyday expressions is newly revised with new entries and updated citations. Comprehensive and entertaining, it includes both biblical proverbs and everyday expressions used in America today, with historical usage and up-to-the-minute examples from the media. This treasure trove of language includes sayings from "Let sleeping dogs lie" (Chaucer's Troilus and Chriseyde, c. 1374) to "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" (Vanderbilt University football coach Red Sanders, 1953), and many others that have enjoyed popular use in America over the centuries. Over 1,500 proverbs and 10,000 illustrative citations--including 200 sayings new to this edition Cross-referencing to all relative proverbs and sayings Extensive subject index for easy reference Thorough bibliography of proverb collections and works cited in the book Cross-referencing to all relative proverbs and sayings Extensive subject index for easy reference Thorough bibliography of proverb collections and works cited in the book


Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs & Sayings

Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs & Sayings

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  • Author: Gregory Titelman
  • Publisher: Random House Reference
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Reference
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 488

An annotated reference of more than 1,500 proverbs and sayings of the American language.


"Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words"

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  • Author: Wolfgang Mieder
  • Publisher: Peter Lang
  • ISBN: 9781433103780
  • Category : Electronic books
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 368

"This book presents a composite picture of the richness of proverbs as significant expressions of folk wisdom as is manifest from their appearance in art, culture, folklore, history, literature, and the mass media. The book draws attention to the fact that proverbs as metaphorical signs continue to play an important role in oral and written communication. Proverbs as so-called monumenta humana are omnipresent in all facets of life, and while they are neither sacrosanct nor saccharine, they usually offer much common sense or wisdom based on recurrent experiences and observations."--BOOK JACKET.


The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs

The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs

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  • Author: Martin H. Manser
  • Publisher: Infobase Publishing
  • ISBN: 0816066736
  • Category : Proverbs, English
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 513

Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.


Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms, Revised Edition

Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms, Revised Edition

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  • Author: Sophia Lubensky
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • ISBN: 0300162278
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 992

This is the most innovative, comprehensive, and scholarly bilingual dictionary of Russian idioms available today. It includes close to 14,000 idioms, set expressions, and sayings found in contemporary colloquial Russian and in literature from the nineteenth century to the present. The Russian idioms are provided with many English equivalents to render idioms in various contexts. Illustrative examples are cited to show how the idioms are used in context. Each entry also contains a grammatical description of the idiom, a definition—an innovative feature for a bilingual dictionary—and stylistic and usage information. A most notable part of the work is the alphanumeric index that makes finding the right expression very easy.


The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs

The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs

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  • Author:
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • ISBN: 0300136021
  • Category : Reference
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 310

Collects more than 1,400 English-language proverbs that arose in the 20th and 21st centuries, organized alphabetically by key words and including information on date of origin, history and meaning.


Russian-English Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings

Russian-English Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings

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  • Author: Alexander Margulis
  • Publisher: McFarland
  • ISBN: 1476609578
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 495

This dictionary contains 2,375 Russian sayings and proverbs and their English counterparts. Variants of each saying are included, and careful attention is given to the differences in British and American versions. For example, the Russian saying that is interpreted as “Children behave in a childish way, and they cannot be expected to act like grown-up people,” is first given in Russian (in the Cyrillic alphabet) and then in English, and is then followed by the nearest English-language equivalent sayings in Britain and the United States: “Young colts will canter” (British) and “Boys will be boys” (American). The proverbs and sayings are arranged alphabetically by the first Russian word (in the Cyrillic alphabet) and are cross-referenced so the reader can find analogous Russian versions of English sayings. There is a keyword index for each language (one in English, one in Russian in the Cyrillic alphabet), which allows the reader to find a proverb or a saying without knowing the first word. Proverbs and sayings are current and include those popular in both spoken Russian and literature. The prefatory matter is in both English and Russian, for readers who have a command of either language.


Behold the Proverbs of a People

Behold the Proverbs of a People

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  • Author: Wolfgang Mieder
  • Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • ISBN: 1626743037
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 480

The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. The first section of the book focuses on the field of paremiology (proverb studies) in general, the spread of Anglo-American proverbs in Europe, and the phenomenon of modern proverbs. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs in the world of politics, including a chapter on President Obama, while the third concentrates on the uses of proverbs in literature. The final section ends with detailed cultural studies of the origin, history, dissemination, use, function, and meaning of specific proverbs. Noted scholar Wolfgang Mieder shows that proverbs matter in culture, literature, and politics. Proverbs remain part and parcel of oral and written communication, and, he demonstrates, they deserve to be studied from a range of viewpoints. While various chapters deal with a variety of issues and approaches, they cohere through a rhetorical perspective that looks at the text, texture, and context of proverbs as speech acts that make a noteworthy impact on culture and society. Whether proverbs appear in everyday speech, on the radio, on television, in films, on the pages of newspapers or magazines, in advertisements, in literary works, or in political speeches, they serve as formulaic verbal devices to add authoritative weight through tradition, convention, and wisdom.


"Right Makes Might"

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  • Author: Wolfgang Mieder
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • ISBN: 025304037X
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 347

“A powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore.” —Choice In 1860, Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb Right makes might—opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right—in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, his use of it in this critical speech indicates that the fourteenth century phrase had taken on new ethical and democratic connotations in the nineteenth century. In this collection, famed scholar of proverbs Wolfgang Mieder explores the multifaceted use and function of proverbs through the history of the United States, from their early beginnings up through their use by such modern-day politicians as Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. Building on previous publications and unpublished research, Mieder explores sociopolitical aspects of the American worldview as expressed through the use of proverbs in politics, women’s rights, and the civil rights movement—and by looking at the use of proverbial phrases, Mieder demonstrates how one traditional phrase can take on numerous expressive roles over time, and how they continue to play a key role in our contemporary moment.