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The English language contains a vast store of idioms that can be used in creative and forceful ways. This totally revised and greatly expanded edition of Dictionary of Idioms examines over 500 such phrases, tracing each one's source and history through a rich supply of examples. New entries include 'playing fast and loose' (from a 16th-century fairground game), 'head over heels' (a totally illogical variation on the more sensible 'heels over head') and 'knee-high to a grasshopper' (which won out over knee-high to a mosquito and knee-high to a toad). Mini-essays scattered through the book enable the authors to expand on such broader themes as: What is an Idiom?, National Rivalries and the Old Curiosity Shop of Linguistics. While maintaining scholarly accuracy, Linda and Roger Flavell convey their great love of the curious in language in a way that will be irresistible to anyone who delights in words.
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Examining the origins of everyday idioms and expressions, this book explains their meanings and gives examples of their use. Interspersed with the individual entries are mini-essays on recurring themes, and also included are dates of first use and guidance on correct or current usage.
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What is an idiom? Among other things, it is an expression whose words do not mean what they say. Someone spilling the beans all over the table may make a mess, but spilling the beans all over town would mean something else entirely. Idioms are also inflexible - you can't hit about the bush or beat about the shrub, or say that the bush was beaten about. The English language contains a vast store of idioms that can be used in creative and forceful ways. This totally revised and greatly expanded edition examines over 500 such phrases, tracing each one's source and history through a rich supply of examples. New entries include playing fast and loose (from a 16th-century fairground game), head over heels (a totally illogical variation on the more sensible 'heels over head') and knee-high to a grasshopper (which won out over knee-high to a mosquito and knee-high to a toad). Mini-essays scattered through the book enable the authors to expand on such broader themes as: What is an idiom? National Rivalries, and The Old Curiosity Shop of Linguistics.
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- PublisherKyle Cathie
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1856266648
- ISBN 13 9781856266642
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages216
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