Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, & Quotation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192806505 ISBN 13: 9780192806505

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Fully revised and updated, the third edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying & Quotation adds proverbs and sayings from across the world to memorable phrases and quotations from across the centuries. This rich collection is arranged under a wide range of subjects--from Ability to Youth--making it an ideal place to look for an apt or pithy expression, or to explore the background of an extensive selection of related sayings and phrases. With 10% new material, in a new attractive page layout, the third edition includes many new quotations by a wide range of US authors, such as George W. Bush, Bill Gates, Georgia O'Keefe, Dolly Parton, Dan Rather, and Serena Williams.

This new edition of an Oxford classic traces the links between treasured sayings in our language, and explains their varied origins. Oxford's unique language research has identified proverbs from non-Western languages newly adopted into English, and these are featured joining an abundance of well-chosen words from Biblical times to the present day. A full keyword index and generous cross- referencing allow the Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying & Quotation to function both as a look-up resource and a browser's delight.

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Review

When you want to launch a new chapter, win a fight, spice a speech, or merely wax philosophical before the fire, there's nothing like an apt quotation. Elizabeth Knowles has compiled more than 10,000 pithy phrases covering more than 350 themes, from "Absence" and "Achievement" to "Writing" and "Youth." Flip through the pages and there's Sydney Smith saying, "I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland"; Tom Lehrer opining, "Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it"; and Gloria Steinem reflecting, "We are becoming the men we wanted to marry." It's a sparkling collection, so finely indexed that it won't take all day to find the quote you seek.

About the Author

Susan Ratcliffe is an Associate Editor for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries, and has previously edited the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, the Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and Oxford Quotations by Subject.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0192806505
• ISBN 13: 9780192806505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 720
• Editor: Ratcliffe Susan