This dictionary consists of more than one and a half thousand expressions and words that have become firmly established in our speech. It contains a large number of quotations from the works that served as the source of this or that expression, and equivalent expressions in Latin and in modern European languages are given with transcription and emphasis. The reference section located at the end of the dictionary contains biographical information about the persons mentioned in it .All this makes this book an excellent help for those who would like to add an interesting, unusual and uniquely constructed book to their home library.