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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... Less ( 1946 ) . In the late 1960s or early 1970s the term was unaccountably ( and ungrammatically ) changed by some Americans to I could care less , possibly influenced by the locution I should care , also meaning " I don't care . " It ...
... Less ( 1946 ) . In the late 1960s or early 1970s the term was unaccountably ( and ungrammatically ) changed by some Americans to I could care less , possibly influenced by the locution I should care , also meaning " I don't care . " It ...
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... less . Approximately . This term has been around since the thirteenth century and still serves as an inexact answer . It also has been subject to numerous word plays , such as " More or less , but rather less than more " ( Phoebe's ...
... less . Approximately . This term has been around since the thirteenth century and still serves as an inexact answer . It also has been subject to numerous word plays , such as " More or less , but rather less than more " ( Phoebe's ...
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... less concrete matters was drawn by about 1800. Benja- min Disraeli used it in Venetia ( 1837 ) : " The report . . . spread like wild fire through the town . " square deal , a . A fair and honest arrangement . Although " square " has ...
... less concrete matters was drawn by about 1800. Benja- min Disraeli used it in Venetia ( 1837 ) : " The report . . . spread like wild fire through the town . " square deal , a . A fair and honest arrangement . Although " square " has ...
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