Dictionary of Cliche

by Terry Freedman and David H. Freedman

Book Overview

This volume provides a guide to cliches, and includes such expressions as "Alphabet Soup", "The Real McCoy" and the "Man on the Clapham Omnibus". This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853263699
• ISBN13: 9781853263699
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A cliche by any other name...

Don't judge a book by its cover. Ordinarily, I'd avoid this kind of book like the plague. Still, you can teach old dogs new tricks, and everybody deserves a second chance. Follow your nose to this book; it's no skin off my nose if you don't, on the other hand. Not to gild the lily, this book explains what cliches mean, and what their origins are, if known. Don't say I didn't warn you: some cliches aren't included. But they are the exception that proves the rule. This book usually delivers the goods.