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English-Yiddish Sayings, Proverbs, Phrases, Aphorisms, Curses, and Insults. 1 180 entries.

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This is a great site for Canadian and American idioms, sayings, colloqialisms, slang. It's from Canada but almost all of it is also used in the USA. http://www.canadianimmigrant.ca/learn/canspeak

he perfume industry has adopted a language of its own. And when you’re buying fragrances, you need to understand what the salesperson is saying when the perfume’s being described to you. So we’ve taken some of the more commonly-used words and put them into this glossary of perfume terms and definitions, to help you make a wise and informed choice. ... View more

An extensive list of antique words and their updated meanings and usages. Antique words, or words of changed usage Consult the right hand for words to watch out for: words that are too modern, slang, or out of place in any attempt to render an old style. or antique flavor in dialogue or text Sometimes the meanings are vastly changed; Consult ... View more

A short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice. (The New Oxford Dictionary of English) Frase curta, geralmente de origem popular, freqüentemente com ritmo e rima, rica em imagens, que sintetiza um conceito a respeito da realidade ou uma regra social ou moral. (Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa)

English Idioms Sayings and Slang

An annotated German-English Glossary of German Sayings and Folk Wisdom

Figures of speech, words, slang, terms for cultural phenomena: explanation and etymology. Some entries are actually mini-essays. About 100 pages of text; about 500 entries.

An open English Turkish idioms dictionary project with a preloaded English idioms index. Currently, there are more than 10,000 entries in the index database of which some 1,400 idioms, phrasal verbs and proverbs are already translated. The dictionary is open to moderated user contributions. The author plans to implement a remote dictionary lookup b... View more

eclectic collection of information: vocabulary lists, an English-Spanish baseball dictionary, an English-Spanish dictionary of American football, and information on the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Phrases, sayings and idiomatic expressions which make reference to foods, articles of clothing, body parts, numbers, colors and religion

This link leads to an A to Z index that gives the meanings and origins of over 2,000 English sayings, phrases, and idioms. It is easy to use and free.

Large collection of sayings in Latin and German, though partly not translated. Also more exhaustive offline version available.

The meanings and origins of over 2,000 English sayings, phrases and idioms. There is a forum where you can discuss the meanings and origins of sayings or phrases with people.

Based on research from several university language teams Not all of the English/translation is reliable though!

A list of wise old sayings from all over the world that compiled in this directory.

Excellent refference not only for vast variety of general terms, but also a generous information source for frases, sayings, everyday expressions.