figures of speech

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of thousands of contemporary American slang and informal expressions, including fad words, idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech; and includes a "phrase-finder" index.

A young boy is worried about what will happen to his body when he hears such expressions as "I'm tongue-tied, " "don't give me any of your lip, " and "I put my foot in my mouth.".

Combination of reverse dictionary and thesaurus with thousands of descriptions of terms organized into more than twenty subject categories.

A reference designed to help readers find thousands of precise terms related to animals and insects, architecture, art, clothing, electronics, the environment, finance, food and drink, language, law, medicine, music, occupations, religions, and ten other broad subjects, arranged in 314 thematic glossaries.

Presents a discussion of several sayings and phrases, with illustrations and examples such as "hold your horses," "paint the town red," and other common idioms from the English language.

Ned's mother tells him that he would lose his head if it were not attached, and then Ned dreams he does just that and it causes many problems.

Explains the meaning and origin of a selection of English language idioms, using each in a sentence.

Explains what several confusing but common idioms, such as "She let the cat out of the bag," mean, providing examples from real-world situations.

Introduces proverbs, clich?s, and idioms in rhyme and illustrates them as a young child's literal interpretation, providing information about each expression's origin and original meaning.

Comical illustrations help demonstrate how absurd some oxymorons are.