01557cam a2200289 4500 1504862459 TxAuBib 20240819120000.0 060615s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780439770835 pbk. 0439770831 pbk. (OCoLC)70115125 TxAuBib Terban, Marvin. Scholastic dictionary of idioms / Marvin Terban. Dictionary of idioms. Idioms. New and updated. New York : Scholastic, 2006. vii, 298 p. ; 22 cm. Includes index. An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins. Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms "as easy as pie" with the revised Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms. Explanations for, and origins of, more than 700 everyday American idioms, complete with kid-friendly sample sentences. The entries are amusing as well as educational. Alphabetical listing and cross-referencing index makes finding idioms a "piece of cake.". 20240819. English language Terms and phrases Juvenile literature. English language Idioms Dictionaries, Juvenile. Figures of speech Dictionaries, Juvenile.