About the book: 2004 / English proverbs, sayings, catchphrases Winged expressions enrich our speech and help to clearly and accurately express what we think in one phrase or line. What if we want to express an opinion or think in a foreign language? The book contains 1,400 phrases in one of the oldest languages, which has the status of a language of international communication. Here are the most common idiomatic expressions, proverbs, sayings, quotes from the works of classics of English and American fiction, which have acquired the properties of proverbs. Thoughts, honed over time, will help make your speech bright and imaginative and expand your active vocabulary. They are accompanied by translation into Russian and transcription. An alphabetical index in Russian will greatly facilitate the search for the desired phrase. English proverbs, sayings, popular expressions. Artist O. V. Tarasova Proofreader G.I. Synyaeva. Computer layout by A.V. Filatkin. Signed for printing from finished transparencies