The Oxford dictionary of phrase and fable
By: edited by Elizabeth Knowles.
Contributors: Knowles, Elizabeth
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1223
Subjects: Allusions -- Dictionaries; Literature -- Dictionaries; Mythology -- Dictionaries; English language -- Terms and phrases -- Dictionaries
Genres: Dictionaries.; Terms and phrases
Other titles: Dictionary of phrase and fable
Description: Entries identify more than twenty thousand people, places, expressions, and specialized terms from throughout the world, along with lists of related items that are considered as part of a group, and celebrated dying words.
Notes: Includes index.