Preface: Idioms in our life -- A historian's view: Idioms as a late dessert -- Sources and abbreviations -- The idioms, A to Z
Summary
"Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known for his studies of word origins, Anatoly Liberman explains more than one thousand idioms, both popular and obscure, occurring in both American and British standard English and including many regional expressions"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 05, 2023)
