The Penguin Dictionary Of Proverbs

This dictionary contains approximately 6000 proverbs, drawn from a variety of cultures and languages, arranged under such thematic headings such as absence, beauty, caution, knowledge, love and weather. Some proverbs will be listed under more than one heading.

Compiles approximately 6,000 different proverbs organized by thematic headings such as beauty, love, or weather.

The dictionary gives explanations of the meanings and use of proverbs whenever these are obscure. By means of numerous illustrative quotations it also provides a documentary history of each proverb from its first recorded use in written English, and supplies details of earlier related forms in other languages.