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English Proverbs

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Little bits of wisdom

Dean Walley

1967

The dictionary of clichés

James Rogers

1986

NTC's dictionary of proverbs and clichés

Anne Bertram

1993

The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs

J. A. Simpson

1985

A provincial glossary

Francis Grose

1790

The Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation

Susan Ratcliffe

2002

Proverbs, epigrams, and miscellanies

Heywood, John

1966

Shakespeare's proverbial language

R. W. Dent

1981

Dictionary of proverbs and their origins

Linda Flavell

1997

A-Z of quotes & clichés

James Rogers

1993

Wise and otherwise, the do's and dont's of sundry proverbs

Anne Marie Jauss

1953

The MacMillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases (Formerly Entitled the Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases)

Burton Egbert Stevenson

1965

America's popular sayings

Gregory Titelman

2004

Dictionary of proverbs and their origins

Linda Flavell, Roger H. Flavell

2004

Random House dictionary of America's popular proverbs & sayings

Gregory Titelman

2000

Chaucer's use of proverbs

Bartlett Jere Whiting

1934

My momma likes to say

Denise Brennan-Nelson

2003

Little Oxford Dictionary Of Proverbs

Elizabeth Knowles

2009

Arabic Proverbs

John Lewis Burckhardt

1875

Dictionary of proverbs

Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, L. Flavell

1994

Mothballs and Elbow Grease

National Trust

2011

Old English proverbs

Nathan Bailey

1992

Oxford dictionary of proverbs

J. A. Simpson, Jennifer Speake

2003

Dictionary of 1000 Polish proverbs

Miroslaw Lipinski

1997

A hand-book of proverbs

Henry George Bohn

1855

Don't cross your bridge before-- you pay the toll

Judith Frost Stark

1985

Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation

Susan Ratcliffe

2006

The dictionary of cliches

James T. Rogers

1985

Modern proverbs and proverbial sayings

Bartlett Jere Whiting

1989

Remaines concerning Britain

William Camden

1636

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