Download or read book The Cassell Dictionary of Catchphrases written by Nigel Rees and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1995 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an entertaining guide to the myriad popular expressions and sayings that pepper the language. The dictionary not only explains the meanings of over 1200 expressions, but also shows where they came from and how thay became popular

Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of Catchphrases written by Nigel Rees and published by Cassell. This book was released on 2005 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised, updated and expanded edition of Cassell's guide to some 1200 popular catchphrases.

Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins written by Nigel Rees and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those keen to understand where sayings and words came from, this dictionary is an ideal reference work. It gives over 1200 examples of sayings and words from all over the Anglophone world as well as their derivation.

Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins written by Nigel Rees and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have any idea where the word "nerd" came from, or "twerp"? This dictionary starts where ordinary references beg off. *Discover that bad hair day was originated by California teenagers in the early 1990s. *Learn that bikini comes from the name of a Pacific island used in the 1940s for atomic bomb tests. *Learn why a flight data recorder is called a black box--even though it's orange. 224 pages 5 x 7 3/4.

Download or read book Dictionary of Catchphrases written by Nigel Rees and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1995 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations written by Robert Andrews and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Cassell Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations' brings together the most revealing, the most a must and the most poignant observations from a period that has been mulled over and discussed more than any other, the post-war era. Some quotations are already well known; others have been undeservedly forgotten, submerged beneath the sheer unremitting quantity of modern commentary and opinion. All have something to tell us about the contemporary world and our widely differing views of it.

Download or read book The Cassell dictionary of clich s written by Nigel Rees and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sick and tired of cliches? Uncover all kinds of fun facts about how clichQs came to be. Many of these phrases have journalistic origins, many are literary, and some go as far back as the Bible -- but every entry will astound you. And the alphabetical, dictionary format makes it easy to find just what you're looking for.

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Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Cynical Quotations written by Jonathon Green and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of wryly amusing quotations on every conceivable aspect of life, arranged thematicallyTopics covered range from acting to writing, from happiness to poverty, and from civilisation to sexRepresents the biting wit and world-weary wisdom of cynics from all walks of life and all periods of history, including Aesop, Simone de Beauvoir, Noel Coward, Bette Davis, Albert Einstein and Frederick the Great to name but a fewFull author index

Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of English Idioms written by Rosalind Fergusson and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2003-01-31 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's "clear as a bell"--this informative and fun A to Z guide to English idioms really "plumbs the depths" of the subject. Over 10,000 cross-referenced entries that range from "bread and circuses" to "apple-pie order" and "muscle in" to "zonk out" give the meaning of each phrase and the context in which it is used. Unusual idioms receive longer explanations detailing their origins and their history. There are terms Shakespearean, Biblical, nautical, historical-and ones derived from quotes, misquotes, and misunderstanding. You won't want "to do without" it!

Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Humorous Quotations written by Nigel Rees and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1998 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of humorous quotations on a variety of topics.

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Download or read book Dictionary of Catch Phrases written by Eric Partridge and published by Scarborough House. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.

Download or read book A Dictionary of Catch Phrases written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New cover design - all titles in the Partridge collection now have the same style covers. Group shot of titles will be made available, together with an order form The first edition had life sales of over 19000 copies (hardback), the second edition sold out after selling 6000 copies (hardback) and the paperback has sold nearly 5000 copies in 2 editions

Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases written by Anna Farkas and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining book gives a history of a selection of our best-loved catchphrases, paying homage to the human nature of adopting a common bond through language.

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Download or read book Cassell s Humorous Quotations written by Nigel Rees and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2003 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest, best and funniest collection of humorous quotations on the market, now available in b-format paperback.