Bevis Hillier

Adages and articles

issue 16 December 2006

  • As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from Around the World

    David Crystal

    Collins, pp. 717

  • A Man About a Dog: Euphemisms and Other Examples of Verbal Squeamishness

    Nigel Rees

    Collins, pp. 417

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