{"product_id":"the-concise-oxford-dictionary-of-proverbs-paperback-good-conndition","title":"The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs -- Paperback -- Good Conndition","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" style=\"\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFrom Roman times to the computer age, proverbs have added spice to our language. This second edition of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eConcise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e contains over 1,000 of the best-known proverbs from around the world, including 100 new to this edition. For example, did you know that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eA trouble shared is a trouble halved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e wasn't recorded before the twentieth century? Or that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eA watched pot never boils\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e first appears as late as 1848? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" style=\"\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWith new proverbs from the computer world and economics, such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eGarbage in, garbage out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThere's no such thing as a free lunch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, and popular show business phrases like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe best things in life are free\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, from the 1927 song, this fascinating guide provides every major proverb in use in the twentieth century, old and new. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" style=\"\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eNumerous illustrative quotations provide a documentary history of each proverb from its first recorded use in written English, and earlier related forms in other languages are also provided. Plus, a new thematic index allows the reader to find proverbs dealing with particular subjects and situations as diverse as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003ebeauty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003ebee keeping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003ewarfare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eweather\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" style=\"\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eUp-to-date and authoritative, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e is an invaluable resource for writers, students, phraseologists, and just plain word-lovers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norma Jean's Notations ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943200993522,"sku":"BX376","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4444\/5170\/files\/57_aeaca24c-90c2-4ca1-b5b5-00a1116e1406.png?v=1774971765","url":"https:\/\/njnotations.myshopify.com\/products\/the-concise-oxford-dictionary-of-proverbs-paperback-good-conndition","provider":"Norma Jean's Notations ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}