american heritage dictionary of idioms

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

... BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN ENGLISH This natural history of the American people is the essential gift of the mother tongue With all speakers of the English language Americans share the results of 1,500 ... series of observations of the cultural inferences that can be drawn from it USAGE IN THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY: THE PLACE OF CRITICISM G E OFFR E Y NUNB E R G E ver since the conception of ... University of the South Philosophy Hilary Kornblith, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Vermont Religion William A Graham, Ph.D., Professor of the History of Religion...

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Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 1 pptx

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... and use of around 7,000 idioms in a clear and helpful way It is a truly international dictionary: it covers current British, American and Australian idioms It includes: • traditional idioms (e.g ... if you can understand idioms and use them confidently and correctly One of the main problems students have with idioms is that it is often impossible to guess the meaning of an idiom from the ... Individual words in the idioms are explained when this helps to understand the meaning of the idiom The history of idioms is explained when this helps to understand the meaning of the idiom be in...

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Oxford dictionary of idioms

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... Britain by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionary of Idioms Index vii 323 Preface The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who ... they mean, but also to offer the curious reader interesting facts about the origins of phrases and examples of their use This second edition of the Oxford Dictionary ofIdioms is based on the ... Oxford Dictionary of Idioms Idioms Edited by Judith Siefring OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the...

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... tell her father British and American English Some idioms have different forms in British and American English What is the American equivalent for each of these British idioms? be left holding the ... an effort, and she spent the rest of the evening on cloud nine being happy being sad feel on top of the world be on cloud nine informal be full of the joys of spring British & Australian, humorous ... lot ofaffection for one particular person, often without knowing why be sb's main squeeze American, opinions on what people like (It's) different strokes for different folks mainly American...

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Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 2.6 docx

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... mother lode of sth American a large collection of a particular type of thing His collection of letters and papers is a mother lodeof information for writers and journalists the mother of all sth ... > (often + on) We're of like mind on most political issues be out of your mind informal to be crazy • You paid three thousand pounds for that heap of junk! Are you out of your mind? go out of ... the coffin an event which causes the failure of something that had already started to fail • (usually + of) I think that argument was the final nail in the coffin of our friendship the name of...

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Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 2.1 pdf

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... the clutches of a religiousfanatic C-note a C-note American, informal a piece of paper American money that is worth 100dollars Joe took a wad of bills out of his pocket, peeled off a c-note and ... always makes a lot of profit The British newspapers are the group's biggest cash cow,earning nearly 40 %of group profits hard cash British, American & Australian cold cash American & Australian ... where they may chip American a chip off the old block if someone is a chip off the old block, they are very similar in character to one of their parents or to another older member of their family...

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... native go off at a tangent go off at half-cock go off half-cocked: see go off at half-cock go off on a tangent go off the boil go off the deep end go off the rails go off your rocker: see be off your ... change out of sb get off sb's back: see get sb off your back get off sb's case: see get on sb's case get off the mark get off to a flying start get off your arse get off your backside get off your ... remove this FULLNESS 508 be full of beans be full of bull be full of crap/ shit be full of holes be full of piss and vinegar be full of ihe joys of spring be full of yourself be in full cry be in...

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... since off·colour British & Australian off-color American & Australian off-colour jokes or remarks are about sex in a way that some people find offensive • Some of his jokes were a little off-colour ... schemes the pick of sth the best of a group of things or people • Send in your poems and we will print the pick of the bunch have your pick of sth if you can have your pick of a group of things, you ... on onandoff \/ off and on ~ if something happens on and off during a long period of time, it happens sometimes but not regularly or continuously • (often + for) I've had toothache on and off for...

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... sth off pat learn sth off pat off and on off-calor: see off-colour off-colour off limits off sb's hands off-the-cuff off the cuff: see off-the-cuff off the hook off the peg off the record off ... OF be (all) of a piece be of the essence OFF a mile off be off base be off beam be off-color: see be off-colour be off-colour be off the hook be off the hook: see get/let sb off the hook be off ... agenda off your own bat on and off on the off-chance (right) off the bat OFF·THE·WALL off-the-wall: see be off the wall OFFER hold out/offer an olive branch OFFERING a peace offering OFFICE the...

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Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 2.8 pdf

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... was once the raison d'etre of the festival but it has now been replacedby comedyand cabaretshows rake-off a rake-off informal a share of the profits of something, often taken in a way that is ... you are on the receiving end of something unpleasant that someonedoes, you suffer because of it • (usually + of) Sales assistants are often at the receiving end of verbal abusefrom customers ... Accountants (= people who keep records of money) often write amounts of money that are owed in red ink • Many of the students were in the red at the end of their first year be like a red rag to...

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... as the Romans do) ROOF a roof over your head be like a cat on a hot tin roof go through the roof hit the ceiling/roof raise the roof the roof caves/falls in ROOFTOPS see be off ROCKET get a rocket: ... conversation piece a piece/ slice of the action be a nasty piece of work be a piece of cake be a piece of piss be (all) of a piece give sb a piece of your mind How long is a piece of string? say your piece ... stars reach the end of tbe line/road: see be the end of tbe line/road reach tbe end of your rope: see be at tbe end of your tetber reach tbe end of your tetber: see be at tbe end of your tetber REACHED...

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... side of the law get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick get offl start off on the wrong foot get on the wrong side of the law get out of bed on the wrong side get up on the wrong side of the ... man/woman of the world a world of difference (all) the world and his wife be at peace with the world be dead to the world be in a world of your own be in another world be on top of the world be out of ... part of VALOUR Discretion valour is the better part of VALUE take sth at face value VALVE a safety valve VANISH disappear/vanish into thin air: see out of thin air disappear/vanish off the face of...

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... snook the cock of the walk COCKLES warm the cockles of your heart COFFEE a coffee table book Wake up and smell the coffee! COFFIN another nail in the coffin the fmal nail in the coffin COG a cog ... back if you scratch mine It's no skin off my (back) teeth know sth like the back of your hand make a rod for your own back off the back of a lorry off the back of a truck One step forward, two steps ... end of your nose come to a sticky end [days/months/weeks etc.] on end end it all End of story get (bold of) the wrong end of the stick get the short end of the stick get/have your end away go off...

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... you read in the newspapers grab a grab bag American & Australian a mixture of different types of things • (often + of) Airlines are offering a grab bag of discounts, air miles and car rentals to ... of pop music, people think you're over the hill at the age of twenty-five not be worth a hill of beans American, informal to have very little or no value • None of thoseguys is worth a hill of ... something which combines the qualities of two different things, often something which is not as good as either of those things on their own • (often + between) It's sort of a halfway house between classical...

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... the best or most valuable thing in a group of things • (often + of) The island of Tresco,with its beautiful tropical gardens, is thejewel in the crown of the Scilly Isles j iggery-pokery jiggery-pokery ... pump ironfor fitness rule (sb) with a rod of iron British, American & Australian rule (sb) with an iron fist/hand American & Australian to control a group of people very firmly having complete power ... • How much of the research done by academics in their ivory towers is ever read orpublished? ivy the Ivy League American / X, a group of old and very good colleges in the north-east of the US...

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... the first half of the year fell short of the target get the short end of the stick American & Australian to suffer the bad effects of a situation • The people who get the short end of the Please ... things> Some members of the peace force seem to have lost sight of thefact that they are here to help people out of sight American if the amount of something, especially money, is out of sight, it is ... sleight of hand he produced two pigeons out of his top hat slice a slice of life if a film, a play, or a piece of writing shows a slice of life, it shows life as it really is • The drama, a slice of...

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... the lie of the land British & Australian the lay of the land American & Australian It's always a good idea tofind out the lie of the land before applying to a company land-office a land-office ... be left alone l1U! king king of the castle British king of the hill American the most successful or most powerful person in a group of people • Jamie Spence was king of the castle yesterday when ... informal kingdom )Z to earn a lot of money very easily (often + on) She made a killing on the house so she can't be short of money kilter outofkilter if something is out of kilter, it is not operating...

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... bridges.• (often + to) The World Trade Center bombing has served as a wake-up call to the FBI on terrorism walk a walk of life < a person's walk of life is the type of job they or the level of society ... things' Even at school he was considered off the wall by most of the students off-the-wall informal • (always before noun) She's got a really off-the-wall sense of humour on the wall & Australian read/see ... different and often strange • He produced some really way-out designs for the opera house ways ways and means methods of achieving something' (often + of) Surely there are ways and means of achieving...

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... other's expense z's catch/cop/get some z's American, informal to sleep fb In funny drawings, people who are sleeping are often shown with z's coming out of their mouths • All I want to is go home ... 437 zero-sum a zero-sum z's x game American a situation where two people compete and if one of them wins anything, exactly the same must be lost by the other •...

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Oxford Dictionary of Idioms docx

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... Britain by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionary of Idioms Index vii 323 Preface The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who ... they mean, but also to offer the curious reader interesting facts about the origins of phrases and examples of their use This second edition of the Oxford Dictionary ofIdioms is based on the ... Oxford Dictionary of Idioms Idioms Edited by Judith Siefring OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the...

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