Have a Nice Day--no Problem!: A Dictionary of ClichésDutton, 1992 - Всего страниц: 454 Wake up and smell the coffee, language lovers! Here's the newest, biggest, most informative collection available of the most reviled of verbal formulas: the cliche. Most cliches started life as phrases so picturesque and quotable that they were quoted, over and over and over. With 3,000 cliches, this popular reference is the very "last word" on the subject. |
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... Jonathan Swift put it ( Polite Conversation , 1738 ) , " Lord of the Lord knows what . " lose face , to . To suffer embarrassment ; to be publicly humiliated . Both the concept and term are associated with the Orient , specifically ...
... Jonathan Swift put it ( Polite Conversation , 1738 ) , " Lord of the Lord knows what . " lose face , to . To suffer embarrassment ; to be publicly humiliated . Both the concept and term are associated with the Orient , specifically ...
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... Jonathan Swift ( A Tale of a Tub , 1704 ) , and so it has remained . stage whisper . A whisper intended to be heard by one and all . In the theater this term literally meant an aside a thought spoken aloud- communicated to the audience ...
... Jonathan Swift ( A Tale of a Tub , 1704 ) , and so it has remained . stage whisper . A whisper intended to be heard by one and all . In the theater this term literally meant an aside a thought spoken aloud- communicated to the audience ...
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... Jonathan ( 1813 ) by " H. Bull - Us . " to hell and gone . A long way off ; forever . This term dates from the first ... Jonathan Swift in 1738 ) . The exact current wording dates from the early too little too late 379 nineteenth century ...
... Jonathan ( 1813 ) by " H. Bull - Us . " to hell and gone . A long way off ; forever . This term dates from the first ... Jonathan Swift in 1738 ) . The exact current wording dates from the early too little too late 379 nineteenth century ...
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