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A thesaurus of traditional English metaphors

Title
  1. A thesaurus of traditional English metaphors / P.R. Wilkinson.
Published by
  1. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
Author
  1. Wilkinson, P. R. (Peter Richard), 1926-

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Description
  1. xiii, 777 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Offering explanations and derivations, this volume contains around 20,000 traditional English sayings - including metaphors, similes, proverbs, catch phrases, idioms and slang expressions. Access is via a conspectus of themes or index of 40,000 keywords.
Subject
  1. English language > Idioms > Dictionaries
  2. English language > Synonyms and antonyms
  3. Figures of speech > Dictionaries
  4. Metaphor > Dictionaries
  5. English language > Idioms
  6. Figures of speech
  7. Metaphor
  8. Englisch
  9. Metapher
  10. Phraseologie
  11. Sprichwort
  12. Engels
  13. Metaforen
  14. Anglicismes (idiotismes) > Dictionnaires
  15. Anglais (langue) > Synonymes et antonymes
  16. Métaphore > Dictionnaires
  17. Figures de rhétorique > Dictionnaires
  18. anglais (langue) > métaphore > dictionnaire
  19. anglais (langue) > idiotisme > dictionnaire
  20. Englisch
Genre/Form
  1. Dictionary
  2. dictionaries.
  3. Dictionaries.
  4. Dictionnaires.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 774-777) and index.