The dictionary of modern proverbs / compiled by Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro.

Includes bibliographical references.

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A volume of English-language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Entries are organized alphabetically by key words, with information about the earliest datable appearance, origin, history, and meaning of each proverb.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to Read the Entries -- PROVERBS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Appendix: Some No Longer “Modern� Proverbs -- Works Cited

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