num_pages: 480
description: Covering almost ten thousand phrases, including bite the bullet, take the cake, buy the farm, and says who, a unique reference on common American vocabulary and idiomatic expressions defines each entry and provides a contextual sentence. Reprint.
language: English
title: The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
titlecomplete: The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
genres: Language, Dictionaries, Education, Reference, Writing, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 100
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt