Dictionary of idioms and their origins /

Dictionary of idioms and their origins /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Flavell, Linda.
Edition:	New ed., completely revised and updated.
Imprint:	London : Kyle Cathie, 2006.
Description:	343 p. ; 20 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	English language -- Idioms -- Dictionaries. English language. English language -- Etymology. English language -- Idioms. Figures of speech. Dictionaries. Terms and phrases.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6102250

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Idioms and their origins
Other authors / contributors:	Flavell, Roger.
ISBN:	1856266648 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Standard no.:	9781856266642

Table of Contents:

What is an idiom?
A life on the ocean waves
Packing a punch
Have a butcher's at this
The devil
It's a dog's life
National rivalries
It's all in the blood
Nonsensical idioms
William Shakespeare
What's in a name?
Giving it to them hot and strong
A transatlantic duo
The old curiosity shop of linguistics
Moonshine
Poster propaganda
Splitting one's sides
Alliterative similes
A question of colour
It's not cricket
William Tyndale
Proverbs and idioms
Couplings
Black and white.