Catch Phrases, Cliches and Idioms: A Dictionary of Familiar Expressions - Hardcover

Craig, Doris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0899504671 ISBN 13: 9780899504674

Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc, 1990

Synopsis

Catch phrases such as ""shop till you drop,"" cliches like ""life begins at forty"" and idioms such as ""talk the hind leg off a donkey"" have long enriched the English language in both spoken and written form. Here is a collection of over 20,000 familiar expressions. To the casual reader or the general browser, this book will inform and entertain. To writers it is a treasure trove of idea-starters that will make for more imaginative creative writing. Each phrase is cross-referenced by key word. Thus ""raining cats and dogs,"" for example, appears under ""cat,"" ""dog"" and ""rain."" In most cases, various forms of the word are listed under the root word. So under ""run"" you will find not only sayings that include the word ""run,"" but those that include ""running,"" ""runneth,"" ""runner"" and ""run-around.

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Review

excellent...would be a handy reference on anyone's desk next to the desk dictionary and thesaurus--Booklist/RBB

About the Author

Retired advertising executive Doris Craig lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0899504671
• ISBN 13: 9780899504674
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Craig Doris