Book Description
Compiled from the author’s original and painstaking research of nearly
three thousand works dating as far back as the twelfth century and earlier, and
built upon the foundations of the great Oxford English Dictionary, this
dictionary traces the origins and history of English proverbs and proverbial
phrases. The proverbs are grouped alphabetically and by subject, with copious
cross-references throughout, rendering the dictionary as great a joy to consult
as it is to browse through.