English Proverbs
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Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation
The dictionary of cliches
Modern proverbs and proverbial sayings
Remaines concerning Britain
The Oxford dictionary of proverbs
Feckin' Book of Irish Sayings for When You Go on the Batter with a Shower of Savages
John Ploughman's talk
A dictionary of American proverbs and proverbial phrases, 1820-1880
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Proverbs (Wordsworth Collection) (Wordsworth Collection)
The Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation
Beowulf and the medieval proverb tradition
Apple a Day
The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare
Light on old sayings
My Grandma Likes to Say
Proverbs in the earlier English drama
The proverbs of little Solomon
English proverbs explained
The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs
A compleat collection of English proverbs; also the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages. The whole methodically digested and illustrated with annotations, and proper explanations
The Facts on File dictionary of proverbs
Random House dictionary of popular proverbs & sayings
A country compendium
An universal etymological English dictionary
Little bits of wisdom
The dictionary of clichés
NTC's dictionary of proverbs and clichés
The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs
A provincial glossary
