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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... slang dictionary of 1874 defined the term to mean arrogant and offensive concerning one's newfound prosperity ( nou- veau riche snobbery ) and held that it came from stable slang . It was so used for a time in the late nineteenth ...
... slang dictionary of 1874 defined the term to mean arrogant and offensive concerning one's newfound prosperity ( nou- veau riche snobbery ) and held that it came from stable slang . It was so used for a time in the late nineteenth ...
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... slang term became current during the financial boom of the 1920s . It originated in railroad slang , in which " gravy train " great guns 153 meant a run on which there was.
... slang term became current during the financial boom of the 1920s . It originated in railroad slang , in which " gravy train " great guns 153 meant a run on which there was.
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... slang for the embou- chure of wind instruments . In jazz slang of the 1930s and 1940s , " licking one's chops " meant warming up before a performance . lie low , to . To conceal oneself or one's intentions . An American collo- quialism ...
... slang for the embou- chure of wind instruments . In jazz slang of the 1930s and 1940s , " licking one's chops " meant warming up before a performance . lie low , to . To conceal oneself or one's intentions . An American collo- quialism ...
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