Flavell L., Flavell R.H. Dictionary of Idioms and Their Origins

Cambridge University Press, 1998. — 604 p. — ISBN: 0-521-62567-X. The Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English, helping learners to understand them and use them with confidence.

Jefferson: McFarland, 2010. — 405 p. Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or...

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. — 376 p. Have you ever considered how a single line from a movie or a television advertisement spreads to become a ubiquitously popular expression? Do you know the origin of such phrases as "keeping up with the Joneses" and "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do"? Are you often stumped when trying to remember the source of a line from a...

London: Kyle Cathie, 2005. — 320 p. Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Columbus's discovery of America introduced to Europe new foodstuffs such as chilli and chocolate - and the words that described them. The Normans gave us the feudal system and curfews, while the flourishing of Dutch art in the seventeenth century introduced...

Second edition. — New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 2004. — 340 p — ISBN-10: 019852711X, ISBN-13: 978-0198527114. The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who do not know what they mean, but also to offer the curious reader interesting facts about the origins of phrases and examples of their use. This...

Jennifer Speake. — Oxford University Press Inc., 2008. — 625 p. — ISBN: 978–0–19–953953–6. The fifth edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs represents the latest stage in Oxford University Press’s coverage of proverbs and reflects the changes that have taken place in the quarter-century since the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs first appeared. The Concise itself...