Subject: English language › Idioms

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• A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H. W. Fowler (1,358 copies)
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1,239 copies)
• Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English by Eric Partridge (395 copies)
• The King's English by H. W. Fowler (298 copies)
• Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms by Marvin Terban (189 copies)
• Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker by Megan McDonald (158 copies)
• Red Herrings and White Elephants by Albert Jack (155 copies)
• The Reader over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of… by Robert Graves (140 copies)
• Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions by Harry Shaw (124 copies)
• Slang and Euphemism (Signet Reference) by Richard A. Spears (115 copies)
• Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage by William Morris (88 copies)
• Dictionary of Idioms and Their Origins by Linda Flavell (64 copies)
• A Dictionary Of Yiddish Slang & Idioms by Fred Kogos (54 copies)
• Dictionary of English Idioms, The Penguin (Dictionary,… by Daphne M. Gulland (50 copies)
• What's the Good Word? by William Safire (48 copies)
• Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More… by Albert Jack (42 copies)
• Spanish Idioms by Eugene Savaiano (37 copies)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms by Jennifer Speake (34 copies)
• In a Pickle: And Other Funny Idioms by Marvin Terban (33 copies)
• March Hares and Monkeys' Uncles by Harry Oliver (31 copies)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases (Oxford Paperback… by Anna Farkas (30 copies)
• German Idioms (Barrons) by Henry Strutz (30 copies)
• A Dictionary of Cliches: With an Introductory Essay by Eric Partridge (30 copies)
• Mad as a Wet Hen!: And Other Funny Idioms by Marvin Terban (29 copies)
• 2001 German and English Idioms (2001 Idioms Series) by Henry Strutz (29 copies)
• Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English (27 copies)
• From Hue and Cry to Humble Pie by Judy Parkinson (26 copies)
• The Sixteen Hand Horse by Fred Gwynne (26 copies)
• Casual Lex: An Informal Assemblage of Why We Say What We… by Webb Garrison (25 copies)
• Essential Idioms in English by Robert James Dixson (25 copies)
• Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Ambrose Bierce (24 copies)
• Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English: Verbs With… by A. P. Cowie (20 copies)
• Metaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque… by N. E. Renton (20 copies)
• 2001 Japanese and English Idioms (2001 Idioms Series) by Carol Akiyama (18 copies)
• A Learner's Dictionary of English Idioms by Isabel McCaig (14 copies)
• What a Word! by A. P. Herbert (13 copies)
• English Verbal Idioms by Frederick T. Wood (13 copies)
• 2001 Russian and English Idioms (2001 Idioms Series) by Agnes Arany-Makkai (12 copies)
• Twelve Ways to Build a Vocabulary by Archibald Hart (11 copies)
• I Didn't Know That: From "Ants in the Pants" to "Wet Behind… by Karlen Evins (10 copies)
• Italian Idioms by Robert Hall (8 copies)
• Comfortable words by Bergen Evans (8 copies)
• Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. (8 copies)
• A concise dictionary of phrase & fable by B.A. Phythian (6 copies)
• An English - Gaelic Dictionary of Expressions by Douglas Clyne (6 copies)
• Better Say by James C. Fernald (6 copies)
• Ve lo que dices: modismos / See What You Say: English and… by Nancy Maria Grande Tabor (6 copies)
• The Meaning of It All in Everyday Speech by Don Cupitt (5 copies)
• The art of writing & speaking the English language by Sherwin Cody (5 copies)
• Tautology, I don't want to sound incredulous but I can't… by Alexander Buzo (5 copies)

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