[PDF.86jv] Dictionary of Idioms: And Their Origins

Dictionary of Idioms: And Their Origins

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 | #681178 in Books |  2006-03-02 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.90 x1.00 x5.10l,.81 | File type: PDF | 216 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Actually includes origin!!|By E. Ford|I bought this as a gift for my Dad and he loved it. I was searching for a book of idioms that actually gave a brief history of the idioms' origins. Many books claimed to do that but upon close review many only listed definitions and the meanings of the idioms. This book however, does a good job of teaching how the idiom came into existence.

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-hig...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Dictionary of Idioms: And Their Origins   |  Linda and Roger Flavell. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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