دیکشنری اصطلاحات انگلیسی و ریشه آنها Dictionary of Idioms and their Origin

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 ones 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-high to a grasshopper (which won out over knee-high to a mosquito and knee-high to a toad). Mini-essays scattered through the book enable the authors to expand on such broader themes as: What is an Idiom?

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