terms and phrases

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The language of liberty

a citizen's vocabulary
  • Hagenstein, Edwin C.
Includes 101 political terms that everyone should understand.

They have a word for it

a lighthearted lexicon of untranslatable words and phrases
  • Rheingold, Howard
1988

The Facts on File dictionary of clich?s

  • Ammer, Christine
2006
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explain the meaning, history, origin and usage of over 4,000 cliches.

In other words

a language lover's guide to the most intriguing words around the world
  • Moore, Christopher J
2004
Defines and discusses hundreds of words that have no English equivalents, including terms from European, Nordic, African, Asian, ancient and classical, indigenous, Creole, and pidgin languages as well as Yiddish, and includes a word finder.

I didn't know that

from "ants in the pants" to "wet behind the ears"--the unusual origins of the things we say
  • Evins, Karlen
2007
Explains the origins of hundreds of words and expressions, such as "Dressed to the nines," "Kick the bucket," and "Freeloader.".
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