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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms Paper back - 2003

by Christine Ammer

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"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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  • Title The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
  • Author Christine Ammer
  • Binding Paper Back
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, BOSTON
  • Date September 2003
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 230750
  • ISBN 9780618249534 / 0618249532
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.95 x 6.01 x 1.02 in (22.73 x 15.27 x 2.59 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 12
  • Dewey Decimal Code 423.1

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The cat will never get your tongue once you have The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms. This book defines nearly 10,000 idioms — expressions consisting of two or more words whose combined meaning is different from the literal meaning of the individual words. Each entry has both a definition and a sentence showing the idiom used in context. Most entries offer an explanation of the idiom’s origin and indicate when the expression first appeared in English.

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