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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms

By Christine Ammer

Book information

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Year
1997
ISBN
039572774X, 9780395727744
LCC
PE2839 .A47 1997
Open Library ID
OL666704M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4582602 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
1191\1191
Library
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Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46
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Description

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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