by NigelRees (Author)
This volume contains 3000 examples of phrases old and new written and spoken in English. The entries span the centuries, from the wit and wisdom of the classics and common Latin phrases to the latest in media phraseology and current catchphrases, from carpe diem to hasta la vista baby! , from concordia parvae res crescunt to yabba-dabba-do! The book is cross-referenced throughout. Nigel Rees is the author of the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Popular Phrases and the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Phrase and Allusion .
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Edition: Revised
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 10 Jul 1997
ISBN 10: 0747531145
ISBN 13: 9780747531142