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"Catch phrases such as """"shop till you drop,"""" cliches like """"life begins at forty"""" and idioms such as """"talk the hind leg off a donkey"""" have long enriched the English language in both spoken and written form. Here is a collection of over 20,000 familiar expressions. To the casual reader or the general browser, this book will inform and entertain. To writers it is a treasure trove of idea-starters that will make for more imaginative creative writing. Each phrase is cross-referenced by key word. Thus """"raining cats and dogs,"""" for example, appears under """"cat,"""" """"dog"""" and """"rain."""" In most cases, various forms of the word are listed under the root word. So under """"run"""" you will find not only sayings that include the word """"run,"""" but those that include """"running,"""" """"runneth,"""" """"runner"""" and """"run-around."

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an excellent candidate for purchase by academic and public libraries and would be a handy reference on anyone's desk next to the desk dictionary and thesaurus --<i>Booklist</i>; if you ever wanted a list of catch phrases, cliches and idioms in the English language, this collection of about 6000 familiar expressions is it --<i>Australian Library Review</i>.

an excellent candidate for purchase by academic and public libraries and would be a handy reference on anyone's desk next to the desk dictionary and thesaurus --Booklist; if you ever wanted a list of catch phrases, clich s and idioms in the English language, this collection of about 6000 familiar expressions is it --Australian Library Review.

an excellent candidate for purchase by academic and public libraries and would be a handy reference on anyone's desk next to the desk dictionary and thesaurus --Booklist; if you ever wanted a list of catch phrases, cliches and idioms in the English language, this collection of about 6000 familiar expressions is it --Australian Library Review.

excellent...would be a handy reference on anyone's desk next to the desk dictionary and thesaurus--Booklist/RBB

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Retired advertising executive Doris Craig lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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