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Dictionary of popular phrases

Rees, Nigel, 1944-1990
Book
A selective compendium of catch phrases, colloquialisms, format phrases, idioms, nicknames, sayings, slogans and stock phrases, current or recalled at the start of the 1990s. It explains what they mean, gives details (where possible) of their origins, and provides illustrative examples.
Main title:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 1990.
Collation:
x,277p. ; 25cm.
ISBN:
9780747503446
Dewey class:
423.1427.09Re(591)
Local class:
423.1427.09Re(591)
Language:
English
Index terms:
English language Colloquialisms
BRN:
559383
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