Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins - Softcover

Flavell, Linda; Flavell, Roger

 
9780857834034: Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0857834037 ISBN 13: 9780857834034
Verlag: Octopus Publishing Group, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

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 Spanish writer Cervantes defined a proverb as a short sentence drawn from long experience and Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins of over 400 of these invaluable pieces of wisdom. 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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Linda and Roger Flavell have been studying the oddities of English for over 25 years. Linda has worked as a writer and as an English teacher both in England and overseas and has co-authored several dictionaries of etymologies for Kyle Books. The late Roger also travelled widely and was a Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.

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Verlag
Octopus Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0857834037
ISBN 13 
9780857834034
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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