The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms"Bite the bullet", " get on the stick", "make no bones about it", " take the cake". The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of Idioms covers almost 10,000 expressions. Its main fare is, of course, idioms - groups of two or more words that together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. In addition, this book discusses verb phrases such as " act up", "freeze out", and " get down", figures of speech such as "dark horse" and "blind as a bat", interjections and formulas like "says who" and " tough beans", common proverbs like a "bird in the hand", and slang terms such as "buy the farm" and "push up daisies". Each entry is defined and has an example sentence showing the expression in context. Most entries offer an explanation of the expression's literal meaning or origin and include information about its first appearance in English. |
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User Review - frankcomments - Overstock.comVery good content value for the price. You will be pleased with more than 400 pages of well written idioms. You will not be disappointed with your purchase. My purchase was a gift and was appreciated by the recipient. Read full review
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User Review - Nikki - GoodreadsNeed a cliche in a pinch? Need a saying to butcher? This book can save your butt--but only if you're writing for US audiences. Read full review
Bibliographic information
| Title | The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms |
| Author | Christine Ammer |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1997 |
| ISBN | 039572774X, 9780395727744 |
| Length | 729 pages |
| Subjects | › Reference / Dictionaries |
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