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       de V. Payen-Payne

      French Idioms and Proverbs

      A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties"

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664649478

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       AUTHORITIES CONSULTED

       FRENCH IDIOMS AND PROVERBS

       A.

       B.

       C.

       D.

       E.

       F.

       G.

       H.

       I.

       J.

       L.

       M.

       N.

       O.

       P.

       Q.

       R.

       S.

       T.

       U.

       V.

       Z.

       INDEX OF ENGLISH PROVERBS

       A

       B

       C

       D

       E

       F

       G

       H

       I

       J

       K

       L

       M

       N

       O

       P

       Q

       R

       S

       T

       U

       V

       W

       Y

PREFACE

       Table of Contents

      In this edition I have endeavoured to keep down additions as much as possible, so as not to overload the book; but I have not been sparing in adding cross-references (especially in the Index) and quotations from standard authors. These quotations seldom give the first occasion on which a proverb has been used, as in most cases it is impossible to find it.

      I have placed an asterisk before all recognised proverbs; these will serve as a first course for those students who do not wish to read through the whole book at once. In a few cases I have added explanations of English proverbs; during the eleven years I have been using the book I have frequently found that pupils were, for instance, as ignorant of “to bell the cat” as they were of “attacher le grelot.”

      I must add a warning to students who use the book when translating into French. They must not use expressions marked “familiar” or “popular” except when writing in a familiar or low-class style. I have included these forms, because they