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Idioms in the News - 1,000 phrases, real examples

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Idioms in the News - 1,000 phrases, real examples

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For teachers, students and all who love language, this indispensable resource has more than 3,600 examples of more than 1,000 idiomatic phrases.
Americans love to use idioms, phrases that are colorful and mysterious. Idioms in the News investigates how the 800-pound gorilla got mixed up with the elephant in the room. Learn what mumbo jumbo means and where it came from. Find out why greasing someone's palm may not be messy but may be illegal.
Every entry starts with examples, which give you a much better understanding than definitions alone. And there are entertaining notes on the origin and history of the phrases.
The author, Peter Bengelsdorf, is a former newspaper editor and executive who has enjoyed a decade of teaching English to adults from around the world.
Country USA
Author Peter Bengelsdorf
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 711
PublicationDate 2012-09-07
ReleaseDate 2012-09-07

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