by Martin H. Manser
The book includes more than 1,700 English-language proverbs.
Proverbs are listed alphabetically, and each entry includes an explanation, an example from literature, origin, variants, cross references when appropriate, and a list of sayings with similar or opposite meanings.
The book concludes with indexes by keyword and by theme as well as a bibliography.
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