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Metaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions (edition 1992)

by Nicholas Edwin Renton

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Useful reference contains some 14,000 alphabetical entries listing over 3800 different metaphors that are commonly used. Includes discussion of sources, uses and grammatical aspects of metaphors. Entries are arranged in three sections: alphabetically by keyword, thematically and by the ideas that the metaphors express.… (more)
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Title:Metaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions
Authors:Nicholas Edwin Renton
Info:Warner Books (1992), Paperback, 528 pages
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Useful reference contains some 14,000 alphabetical entries listing over 3800 different metaphors that are commonly used. Includes discussion of sources, uses and grammatical aspects of metaphors. Entries are arranged in three sections: alphabetically by keyword, thematically and by the ideas that the metaphors express.

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