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__Senior moment.__ __Think outside the box.__ Idioms like these can’t be understood just from the words that make them up. The __American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms__ explores the meanings of idioms, including phrasal verbs such as __kick back,__ proverbs such as __too many cooks spoil the broth,__ interjections such as __tough beans,__ and figures of speech such as __elephant in the room.__ Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago, author Christine Ammer has made extensive revisions that reflect new historical scholarship and changes in the English language. This second edition defines over 10,000 idiomatic expressions in greater detail than any other dictionary available today. English language learners will find this dictionary especially useful.
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- Author
- Christine Ammer
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Dictionaries, Language
- Rating
- 4.07 / 5 (36 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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