Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: The Meaning and Origin of Over 15,000 Words, Names and Places (Brewer Dictionaries)
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Book Overview
The first concise format edition of a classic reference work, this contains over 15,000 entries which give the meanings and origin of words, phrases and proper names not covered in conventional... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0304340790
ISBN13:9780304340798
Release Date:May 1992
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Weight:1.80 lbs.
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Keep this on your bedside table next to your reading stack.
Published by bernie4444 , 3 months ago
While relaxing and reading my evening repertoire of the 1 million best books, I periodically crossed a person a place, or a phrase that somehow missed my reading repertoire. When this happens, I reach for my copy of "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable."
Finding what I'm looking for, I'm happy to know that I usually get it right. Looking up such phrases as "Cracker Barrel philosophy", I cannot help glancing at "cracked pots last the longest." Occasionally, I can stomp Brewer’s with such phrases as " cover her face mine eyes dazzle she died young."
For people who suggest that you can find just about anything on the net that is true. However, the net does not have a tactile feel and easy index; what's more, you have to trust its credibility.
So have hours, days, months, and years, looking up your favorite phrase and fable.
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