Russian-English Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings

by Alexander Margulis

Book Overview

This dictionary contains 2,375 Russian sayings and proverbs and their English counterparts. Variants of each saying are included, and careful attention is given to the differences in British and American versions. For example, the Russian saying that is interpreted as "Children behave in a childish way, and they cannot be expected to act like grown-up people," is first given in Russian (in the Cyrillic alphabet) and then in English, and is then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786437480
• ISBN13: 9780786437481
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 495 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher