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__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, including a scholarly introduction exploring the history of proverbs in America, the structure and variants of these proverbs, known authors and sources, and cultural values expressed in these proverbs. Along with a comprehensive bibliography of proverb collections and interpretive scholarship, this dictionary offers a glimpse into the history of American social and cultural attitudes through uniquely American language. "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, including a scholarly introduction exploring the history of proverbs in America, the structure and variants of these proverbs, known authors and sources, and cultural values expressed in these proverbs. Along with a comprehensive bibliography of proverb collections and interpretive scholarship, this dictionary offers a glimpse into the history of American social and cultural attitudes through uniquely American language"-- Provided by publisher

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, including a scholarly introduction exploring the history of proverbs in America, the structure and variants of these proverbs, known authors and sources, and cultural values expressed in these proverbs. Along with a comprehensive bibliography of proverb collections and interpretive scholarship, this dictionary offers a glimpse into the history of American social and cultural attitudes through uniquely American language.

Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs 1 Contents 5 Preface 7 Introduction 11 Collection 49 A. A–authority 51 B. babies–buy 57 C. cake–customer 68 D. danger-dynamite 77 E. eagle–eyeballs 87 F. facts–future 92 G. gain–guys 101 H. habit–hurry 111 I. I–ivy 120 J. job–jungle 122 K. keep–knowledge 123 L. label–luck 125 M. Main Street–music 135 N. nature–nut 148 O. occasions–owls 151 P. package–put up 153 Q. quarterbacks–quit 163 R. rain–run 164 S. safe–sympathy 169 T. table–two 185 U. umbrella–use 196 V. vice–virtue 197 W. wagon–wrongs 198 Y. year–youth 208 Z. zealot–zone 209 Bibliography 210