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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... Practice is nine - tenths , " he wrote ( Conduct of Life : Power , 1860 ) . An English writer in the Spectator of May 10 , 1902 , differed : " Practice never makes perfect . It improves up to a point . " practice what you preach . Do as ...
... Practice is nine - tenths , " he wrote ( Conduct of Life : Power , 1860 ) . An English writer in the Spectator of May 10 , 1902 , differed : " Practice never makes perfect . It improves up to a point . " practice what you preach . Do as ...
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... practice to treat a sheep's sores by applying a brush dipped in tar . Since presumably all the sheep in one flock would be treated in this way , the term was transferred to humans sharing the same qualities . The figurative use dates ...
... practice to treat a sheep's sores by applying a brush dipped in tar . Since presumably all the sheep in one flock would be treated in this way , the term was transferred to humans sharing the same qualities . The figurative use dates ...
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... practice of soldiers confounding the enemy by literally throwing dust or sand in the air , creating a primitive kind of smokescreen . Used by Mohammed's armies as well as many other early peoples , the practice was referred to by ...
... practice of soldiers confounding the enemy by literally throwing dust or sand in the air , creating a primitive kind of smokescreen . Used by Mohammed's armies as well as many other early peoples , the practice was referred to by ...
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American analogy ancient Anthony Trollope appeared in John appeared in print became a cliché Bible Charles Dickens Chaucer cliché current cliché describe Dickens early nineteenth century early twentieth century eighteenth century English Eric Partridge expression appeared expression comes expression dates figuratively French George Bernard Shaw Greek heart Henry horse idea James John Lyly John Ray's Jonathan Swift late nineteenth century later literally locution meaning meant metaphor mid-nineteenth century mid-twentieth century nineteenth century nose numerous obsolescent older oneself P. G. Wodehouse person phrase play poem popular presumably proverb collection refers Roman saying seventeenth century Shakespeare simile Sir Walter Scott sixteenth century slang someone someone's survived teenth century term alludes term appears term began term comes term dates term originated term was transferred thing Thomas tion translation turn tury W. S. Gilbert William William Thackeray word writers wrote