The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
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ISBN: 0198662696 / Publisher: Oxford University Press, March 2003
Ten thousand quotations, proverbs, and phrases cover some 450 subject categories, including such concrete and abstract headings as achievement, Australia, communism, economics, the paranormal, and youth.
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Including some 10,000 quotations, proverbs, and phrases, this dictionary groups entries by concrete and abstract subject headings such as achievement, Australia, communism, economics, the paranormal, and youth (covering some 450 subject categories). The authors and origins of sayings are included wherever known. Where phrases are commonly rendered differently from the originals, the entries make a note of it. Also included is a keyword index. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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