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Spears, Richard. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms Dictionary. McGraw-Hill, 2006.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms Dictionary

Authors: Richard Spears

Published:  December 2006

eISBN: 9780071712385 0071712380 | ISBN: 9780071478939
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  • American Idioms Dictionary
  • Contents
  • What Is an Idiom?
  • Quick-Start Guide
  • How the Dictionary Works
  • 1. Terms, Symbols, and Type Styles
  • 2. Fixed and Variable Idioms
  • 3. Optional Elements
  • 4. Variable Elements
  • 5. Movable Elements and the Dagger
  • 6. Someone vs. One
  • 7. The Asterisk, Swung Dash, and Shared Idiomatic Core
  • 8. Brackets and Extra Information
  • 9. Alphabetization, Organization, and Synonym Clusters
  • 10. The Key Word Index and Search Strategies
  • 11. Origins
  • 12. Taboo and Proscribed Words
  • 13. Slang vs. Idiom
  • 14. Illustrations
  • 15. Exercise
  • 16. New in the Fourth Edition
  • 17. Reference Works Mentioned
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X, Y, Z
  • Key Word Index