A dictionary of confusable phrases : more than 10,000 idioms and collocations

• Tác giả: Yuri Dolgopolov
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 0786458550 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780786458554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 423.13 Dictionaries of standard English
• Thông tin xuất bản: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2010.
• Mô tả vật lý: v, 397 p. ; , 26 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Ngôn ngữ
• ID: 349118
• Chủ đề: 1. English language--Idioms; 2. English language--Usage

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-342) and indexes.

Tóm tắt

"This dictionary covers over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings. Designed to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, it can be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, clichés, and set expressions"--Provided by publisher