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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... course . Just about average or typical . The term comes from golf , where par means the number of strokes set as a standard for a particular hole or for the entire course , one that is not attained by the majority of players . The term ...
... course . Just about average or typical . The term comes from golf , where par means the number of strokes set as a standard for a particular hole or for the entire course , one that is not attained by the majority of players . The term ...
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... course of time it began to be used figuratively as well , and in the twentieth century it was turned into a maxim : " Let us turn stumbling - blocks into stepping - stones " ( John R. Mott , c.1925 ) . stung to the quick : see CUT TO ...
... course of time it began to be used figuratively as well , and in the twentieth century it was turned into a maxim : " Let us turn stumbling - blocks into stepping - stones " ( John R. Mott , c.1925 ) . stung to the quick : see CUT TO ...
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... course must be well sealed to prevent leakage . Hence the expression " tight as a drum " also became synony- mous ... course , " never . " till the cows come home : see NOT UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME tilt at windmills , to . To pursue a ...
... course must be well sealed to prevent leakage . Hence the expression " tight as a drum " also became synony- mous ... course , " never . " till the cows come home : see NOT UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME tilt at windmills , to . To pursue a ...
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