Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs / / Wolfgang Mieder.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Mieder, Wolfgang,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)

Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs offers a comprehensive reference guide for distinctly American proverbs. Compiled by Wolfgang Mieder, a key figure in the field of proverb studies, this compendium features nearly 1,500 proverbs with American origins, spanning the 17th century to present day...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Collection
• A. A–authority (nos. 1–57)
• B. babies–buy (nos. 58–167)
• C. cake–customer (nos. 168–264)
• D. danger–dynamite (nos. 265–362)
• E. eagle–eyeballs (nos. 363–400)
• F. facts–future (nos. 401–489)
• G. gain–guys (nos. 490–582)
• H. habit–hurry (nos. 583–668)
• I. I–ivy (nos. 669–685)
• J. job–jungle (nos. 686–693)
• K. keep–knowledge (nos. 694–714)
• L. label–luck (nos. 715–816)
• M. Main Street–music (nos. 817–928)
• N. nature–nut (nos. 929–964)
• O. occasions–owls (nos. 965–982)
• P. package–put up (nos. 983–1071)
• Q. quarterbacks–quit (nos. 1072–1080)
• R. rain–run (nos. 1081–1126)
• S. safe–sympathy (nos. 1127–1280)
• T. table–two (nos. 1281–1390)
• U. umbrella–use (nos. 1391–1396)
• V. vice–virtue (nos. 1397–1405)
• W. wagon–wrongs (nos. 1406–1493)
• Y. year–youth (nos. 1494–1497)
• Z. zealot–zone (nos. 1498–1500)
• Bibliography