Cambridge dictionary of American idioms.
Contributors: Cambridge University Press.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: English language -- United States -- Idioms -- Dictionaries.; Americanisms -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Description: Included are more than 5,500 idioms used in current newspapers, magazines, and books; on radio and TV; on Web pages, and in informal conversation. Contains simple, easy-to-understand definitions and more than 1,000 usage notes that explain what idioms mean and how they are used in American English today. Also included are more than 8,000 example sentences.
Notes: Includes index.