The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms - 2nd Edition

Explains where phrases such as 'take the rap', 'off the cuff', and 'flavour of the month' come from and what exactly they mean. This work contains entries for over 5000 idioms, including over 350 new entries, to elucidate and entertain.

Product details

• Assisted by: Judith Siefring (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2005
• EAN: 9780198610557
• ISBN: 978-0-19-861055-7
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Oxford Paperback Reference; Oxford Paperback Reference
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Englisch : Wörterbücher: einsprachig, Idiom