The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs

by Martin H. Manser

This volume includes more than 1500 English-language proverbs that are widely recognized today. Arranged alphabetically, entries provide the meaning of each proverb, the date it was first recorded, variant forms of the proverb, other proverbs that are similar and opposite to it in meaning and examples of the proverb's use. This dictionary should provide readers and students with insight into this aspect of the English language.

Genres: Reference, Writing, Poetry

Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

Martin Manser is a professional reference-book editor. Since 1980 he has compiled or edited nearly 200 reference books. He has also compiled and edited many titles that encourage Bible reading.

Reviews

[Nozomi]

I am interested in proverb, not for its life-saving, hazourd-preventitive cause, but its impossible scenario. Like, "fish and guests stink after three days." It's true fish stink, but in my dream today, a child I know came up to me and opened his mouth, there was a perfect goldfish laying quietly on his tounge, he closed his mouth and went away, the next day he came to me again and showed me his tounge, ther was the same gold fish, looking as fresh as he did right out of the water. I told him that I needed to tell his mom that he is keeping a goldfish on his tounge because there will be bacterias and the gold fish will rot one day. I am not sure if this can be turned into a proverb, like "fish out of water kept in mouth never rots."