Idiomantics
the weird and wonderful world of popular phrases
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Author
Contributions
- Lewis, Peter, 1958- - Contributor
Publication
2012 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
61,500 words, Guess
Page Count
246 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveidiomanticsweird0000good
- ISBN-101408157438
- ISBN-101408157403
- ISBN-101408151448
- ISBN-101283714094
and 10 more
- ISBN-139781408157435
- ISBN-139781408157404
- ISBN-139781408151440
- ISBN-139781283714099
- OCLC Control Number815823803
- Better World Books9781408151440
- Better World Books9781408157404
- Better World Books9781283714099
- Better World Books9781408157435
- Open LibraryOL28411944M
Classifications
- DDC412
- LCCP301.5.I34
Description
Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word 'idiom' reveals what's so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of colourful phrases we use in everyday speech: their peculiarity. They're peculiar both in the sense of being particular or unique to the culture from which they originate, and in the sense of being downright odd. To cite three random examples - from American English, Dutch and Italian - what on Earth are a snow job, a monkey sandwich story, and Mr Punch's secret? Fascinating and illuminating, Idiomantics explains all ... The.
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