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Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, authored by John Simpson and Jennifer Speake, is a dictionary that contains over 1100, widely used proverbs in English. This book is a revised and updated version which includes foreign language proverbs that are used in English today. It is arranged in an A-Z format, but comes with a valuable thematic index, and is ideal for browsing and quick reference. About Oxford University Press Oxford University Press is a renowned publishing house that develops and publishes high quality textbooks, scholarly works, and academic books for school courses, bilingual dictionaries and also digital materials for both learning and teaching. It is a division of the University of Oxford. Their first book was locally published in the year 1912. Some of the books published under their banner are India’s Ancient Past, Atkins’ Physical Chemistry, Companion to Politics in India, Sociology: Themes and Perspectives and Common Mistakes at IELTS Advanced …and How to Avoid Them.