On Tenterhooks Idiom Origin
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Author: Paul Heacock
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2003-09-22
This book unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idioms used in American English today.
Mixed Metaphors
Author: Karen Sullivan
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date: 2018-11-29
Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like 'that wet blanket is a loose cannon', but admire 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player', and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth's 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' speech. How is it that metaphors are sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so well? In Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse, Karen Sullivan employs findings from linguistics and cognitive science to explore how metaphors are combined and why they sometimes mix. Once we understand the ways that metaphoric ideas are put together, we can appreciate why metaphor combinations have such a wide range of effects. Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse includes analyses of over a hundred metaphors from politicians, sportspeople, writers and other public figures, and identifies the characteristics that make these metaphors annoying, amusing or astounding.
Grammar and Vocabulary
This title covers the core areas of grammar and vocabulary such as: words and sentences, word structure, sentence patterns, clause and phrase, grammar rules and vocabularies.