This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a lifetime of work on dialect and metaphor and gives an overview of the folk wisdom expressed in figurative expressions. The author draws on his extensive contact with the rural cultures of Dorset, Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lancashire, but has also included a range of sayings from North America, Australia, Scotland and other English speaking countries.
With revised contents and an improved index to make individual entries easier to find, the Concise can be used to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors, anachronisms and incongruities. It is a joy to browse long after your original query has been answered.
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Praise for The Consise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors:
This book is a fascinating work and a great scholarly achievement. It is well worth browsing individual (sub-) sections, and there are interesting, surprising and often amusing discoveries to make. This book should find its place in many academic and reference libraries, and will be of interest for all those with an interest in cultural history, dialectology, folklore, English literature, language and linguistics. www.linguistlist.org Praise for the The Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors:
This book is a fascinating work and a great scholarly achievement. It is well worth browsing individual (sub-) sections, and there are interesting surprising and often amusing discoveries to make. This book should find its place in many academic and reference libraries, and will be of interest for all those with an interest in cultural history, dialectology, folklore, English literature, language and linguistics. www.linguistlist.org
Part 1: The Human World
1. Human Relationships
2. Communications
3.
The Body, Body-care
4. Illness and Death
5. The Home, Calendar and Clocks
6. Housework
7. Food and Drink and its Preparation
8. Clothing
9. Work,
Tools, Slavery
10. Poverty
11. Riches, Trade, Markets, Shopping
12. Town
Life, Parks and Gardens
13. Farming, Farm-work
14. Crafts & Skills,
Industry, Machinery, Milling
15. The Imaginative, Spiritual and Intellectual
Life
16. The Arts
17. Sports, Games and Entertainment
18. Travel
19.
Beggars, Tramps
20. Criminals, the Law
21. Naval, Military, Royalist and
Political Matters Part 2: Nature and the Animal World
22. Skies,
Landscapes
23. Woods
24. Wild Flora
25. Land Creatures
26. Water
Creatures
27. Birds
28. Reptiles and Amphibians
29. Insects
Wilkinson, P.R.
