A Dictionary of Cliches
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages, Language Arts, Reference
| Author: | Eric Partridge | ISBN: | 9781134963935 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | May 10, 1978 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eric Partridge |
| ISBN: | 9781134963935 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | May 10, 1978 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This work is full of things better left unsaid: hackneyed phrases, idioms battered into senselessness, infuriating Gallicisms, once-familiar quotations and tags from the ancient classics. It makes a formidable list, amplified as it is with definitions, sources, and indications of the clichés, venerability in every case.
This work is full of things better left unsaid: hackneyed phrases, idioms battered into senselessness, infuriating Gallicisms, once-familiar quotations and tags from the ancient classics. It makes a formidable list, amplified as it is with definitions, sources, and indications of the clichés, venerability in every case.
