The American Heritage dictionary of idioms / Christine Ammer.
By: Ammer, Christine
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TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1997General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.Description: 1 online resource (v, 729 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780585077673 .Subject(s): English language -- United States -- Idioms -- Dictionaries | English language -- United States -- Terms and phrases | Americanisms -- DictionariesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 423/.1 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge. Available also in a print ed.Summary: Readership: teachers, students, and anyone interested in language and word usage. Cat got your tongue? Not when you use this -- the largest collection of idioms and popular phrases available today. Its main fare is idioms -- groups of two or more words that taken together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. Each entry is defined and has an example. Most entries offer an explanation of the idioms literal meaning or origin and include information about its first appearance in English.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| E-book | Davenport Library e-book | E-book | 423/.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | mq387208 |
Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Readership: teachers, students, and anyone interested in language and word usage. Cat got your tongue? Not when you use this -- the largest collection of idioms and popular phrases available today. Its main fare is idioms -- groups of two or more words that taken together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. Each entry is defined and has an example. Most entries offer an explanation of the idioms literal meaning or origin and include information about its first appearance in English.
Available also in a print ed.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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