The Great Book of American Idioms: A Dictionary of American Idioms, Sayings, Expressions & Phrases
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Summary
Do you feel that it’s “like pulling teeth” when you want to learn new sayings？
Would you like to be able to discover new American idioms and phrases that will make communication “a piece of cake”？
Would you like to be able to discover new American idioms and phrases that will make communication “a piece of cake”？
Sure， you can learn English with a language course or a textbook just fine， and climb up the ranks in terms of your grasp of the language… but are you sure you can talk like a native？
For starters， many expressions used by fluent speakers of English can’t exactly be learned in a book， and it can be frustrating to realize that your formal learning hasn’t been enough to teach you the way people talk in real life。
Sometimes， it’s all about having the right tools at your disposal… and this is where The Great Book of American Idioms comes in！
Written to act as a powerful addition to your other English-learning resources， this book will allow you to:
What are you waiting for？ Over 1300 idioms and expressions are awaiting you！ Don’t miss out on learning why this “dark horse” will help you “see the big picture”！
Reviews
Florin
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Excellent reading and very useful。 Highly recommend it！ Lots os useful expressions in day to day life as in professional life。 Found some classic sayings but also some fresh and funny ones。
Ozgun
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It's ok， there are many good idioms but also many that are way too simple It's ok， there are many good idioms but also many that are way too simple 。。。more
Lacey Anne Carter
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Read it in 4 minutes？ It was incredibly short and I wish it gave where the idioms originated fromNot much else to say。 They basically tell you to do your own research at the end of the "book"。 Read it in 4 minutes？ It was incredibly short and I wish it gave where the idioms originated fromNot much else to say。 They basically tell you to do your own research at the end of the "book"。 。。。more
Es
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Not done reading this book but thought I would leave a review for people contemplating on buying it。This is a good reference book for American idioms， it states the explanation of the idiom and uses that idiom in a sentence。 I just wish there was an explanation on context。For example: a doubting Thomas。 The explanation states that it means a skeptical person。 But why Thomas？ Why not Mark？ Well if you're a Catholic and you've read the bible， you'd know the story of Thomas doubting Jesus being God Not done reading this book but thought I would leave a review for people contemplating on buying it。This is a good reference book for American idioms， it states the explanation of the idiom and uses that idiom in a sentence。 I just wish there was an explanation on context。For example: a doubting Thomas。 The explanation states that it means a skeptical person。 But why Thomas？ Why not Mark？ Well if you're a Catholic and you've read the bible， you'd know the story of Thomas doubting Jesus being God。 The book makes no explanation on this。So this is a good reference book as it is arranged alphabetically。 But I would supplant my reading with another book that explains context。 。。。more
Authentikate
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Book intended for ESL speakers （IMO）。 A fine resource for those who perhaps didn’t grow up hearing the idioms spoken in everyday language。 No etymology or historical context given。
Michael Hansen
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Interesting Idioms The book had array of the idioms that I was not familiar with，but were interesting to learn about it。 It’s good book if you want to broaden your horizons on common English street language。
Philip J
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Good for ESL studentsThis book presents 1400 common idioms used in English they are arranged alphabetically。 The have straight-forward definition and example of usage。 I was hoping for a book that explained the origin of some of these expressions。 But alas， that is not this book。 If you speak English as your first language you don’t need this book。
Cheryl Montgomery-Nolan
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While I received an ARC of this book， I have made an independent decision to post this review。 This book is chock full of idioms （phrases） used in conversation， and will be invaluable to travellers！
Pat Eroh
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This is such a wonderful book！ I love this because it shares some of the odd things we U。S。 Americans say。 I enjoyed every page as it is quite informative and had me laughing a bit。I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review。
Claudia
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The book is a collection of American idioms in alphabetical order。 You first have the word， then the explanation and finally a sample sentence - so typical dictionary style。。。As a quick reference it is good - to just browse in it - a little boring。。。I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review。
Diane Secchiaroli
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Immigrants A very good book for anyone trying to learn the English language。 I enjoyed reviewing the idioms and reading them in sentences。
Robin Morgan
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The publisher of this book， Lingo Mastery， does a marvelous in helping English-speaking individuals in learning a foreign language; or as in my case， refresh an individual's knowledge of one， which is German。 But， while learning how to speak a foreign is a wonderful asset to have， the truth is that one DOES NOT know a foreign language unless you know its idiomatic expressions。Case in point， Not too long after graduating college where I took German， during the Steuben Parade in New York City， I h The publisher of this book， Lingo Mastery， does a marvelous in helping English-speaking individuals in learning a foreign language; or as in my case， refresh an individual's knowledge of one， which is German。 But， while learning how to speak a foreign is a wonderful asset to have， the truth is that one DOES NOT know a foreign language unless you know its idiomatic expressions。Case in point， Not too long after graduating college where I took German， during the Steuben Parade in New York City， I had asked two of the participants who could speak English a few questions， after which I had started to walk away。 As I did， one turned to the other and in German said， "Franz， look at the stupid American and their stupid questions。" Hearing this， I turned around and walked back to them and gave them my response in German。 which probably had totally surprised them， which was: "Excuse me。 I heard what you said about me and I've got one thing to say to you。" Using a totally idiomatic expression I politely told them that could kiss a certain part of my anatomy。 Being shocked by my remark， they instantaneously began to apologize and then wanted to know what my name was and with force， I gave them my answer。It's great when foreigners want to use English when visiting here。 or better learn English to become a citizen。 The only problem that exists is that there's a huge myriad of idiomatic expressions that exist in the English languages which might differ from country to country。 Here in the US， for example， are some expressions which might perplex individuals:A PIECE OF CAKE， to these individuals， would mean simply that A PIECE OF CAKE but depending o the context in which it's being used can also mean QUITE EASY。The same thing holds true for A SCREW LOOSE， it either means what it seems or it means CRAZY。And how about DOG AND PONY SHOW which can also mean: "A PRESENTATION OF SOME KIND THAT HAS QUITE A BIT OF STYLE BUT LACKS REAL CONTENT"As you can see， in order for someone to truly master the use of the English language， they need to be knowledgeable regarding the use of its idioms， which is why I've given the publisher， Lingo Mastery， 5 STARS for their endeavor in wanting individuals to begin to master the use of idioms 。。。more
Texas
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