Author: R. E. Allen
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrasesis the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we've been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. Allen's Dictionary of English Phrasesis part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world - making knowledge everybody's property.
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
Author: R. E. Allen
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrasesis the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we've been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. Allen's Dictionary of English Phrasesis part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world - making knowledge everybody's property.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrasesis the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we've been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. Allen's Dictionary of English Phrasesis part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world - making knowledge everybody's property.
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
Author: Robert Allen
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141917687
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we’ve been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world – making knowledge everybody’s property.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141917687
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we’ve been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world – making knowledge everybody’s property.
A Dictionary of English Phrases
Author: Albert Montefiore Hyamson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Allusions
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Allusions
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Complete English Dictionary; containing an explanation of all the words made use of in the common occurrences of life, or in the several arts and sciences, etc
NTC's Dictionary of American English Phrases
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: National Textbook Company
ISBN: 9780844208480
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"NTC's Dictionary of American English phrases, " by Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., provides more than 15,000 examples of usage for approxiamtely 7,000 common and useful American English expressions.
Publisher: National Textbook Company
ISBN: 9780844208480
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"NTC's Dictionary of American English phrases, " by Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., provides more than 15,000 examples of usage for approxiamtely 7,000 common and useful American English expressions.
A Dictionary of English Phrases with Illustrative Sentences
Author: Ki Chiu Kwong
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368863088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368863088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases
Author: James Main Dixon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases
Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India
Index Catalog of the Scranton Public Library Authors and Subjects, June 30, 1902
Author: Scranton Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description