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100 Pretentious Proverbs by Michael Powell

100 Pretentious Proverbs by Michael Powell

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Stun your friends into silence as you take the humble proverb and transform it into a display of linguistic acrobatics. Why use just one word when ten will do? If you want to sound as though you've swallowed a dictionary, here are 100 simple proverbs and their verbose translations for you to memorize and recite at dinner parties and other social gatherings. Instead of saying 'Never look a gift horse in the mouth,' go for 'Never perform an oscular examination on a gratuitous solid-hoofed plant-eating quadruped.

Publisher: Prion
Publication date: 2003-06-02
Pages: 128
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781853754869-X
Dimensions: 139.0 x 101.0 x 19.0 mm
Weight: 0.101 kg View full details