A dictionary of confusable phrases
Subtitle: more than 10,000 idioms and collocations
By: Yuri Dolgopolov
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9780786458554
Subjects: Usage; Idioms; Dictionaries; English language
Description: "This dictionary covers over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings. Designed to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, it can be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, clichés, and set expressions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-342) and indexes.