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Could you recommend one of the best referential dictionaries on English Proverbs & Sayings.
It would be more preferred if it is very recent and comprehensive.

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Default Re: The Best Referential Dictionaries on English Proverbs & Sayings

Proverbs:

http://www.answers.com/library/Proverbs

Idioms:

http://www.answers.com/library/Idioms

Phrases:

http://www.answers.com/library/Phrases%20BoW

http://www.google.co.uk/custom?hl=en...UK%7CcountryGB

Latin Phrases:

http://www.answers.com/library/Latin%20Phrases

Words:

http://www.answers.com/main/words.jsp
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Hi,
Could you recommend one of the best referential dictionaries on English Proverbs & Sayings.
It would be more preferred if it is very recent and comprehensive.

Regards.

Published dictionary: ORO: Oxford Reference Online: Subjects and titles

It is about the most comprehensive I have come across.
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thank you Anglika, and sorry for the lateness.

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