terms and phrases

Investigates the origins and history of commonly used phrases, place names, and everyday expressions.

Contains entries that explain the origins of everyday phrases; grouped in eighteen categories, including religion, the working day, love and death, and country wisdom.

A dictionary devoted to animal metaphors such as "pigs in the blanket" and "fly the coop," organized alphabetically by metaphor.

Relates the origins and contemporary meaning of more than 550 familiar words and phrases such as "eat crow," "scapegoat," and "tar and feather," each followed by a list of references; arranged alphabetically, with a subject index.

Collection of more than 6,500 metaphor entries grouped into 600 thematic categories, with more than 500 synonyms, with each entry includes the name of the author and work from which the metaphor was taken.

A compendium of approximately 6,000 Latin words, phrases, and standard abbreviations taken from a variety of fields, arranged alphabetically within three sections, and including miscellaneous information such as colors, place names, and numbers, as well as an English-Latin index.