A Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Elizabeth Knowles
608 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0192801252
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Language: English
Publish: 1052982000000
This new reference work draws on Oxford’s unrivaled bank of online language resources to provide a wealth of fascinating and informative background detail for over 10,000 phrases and allusions used in English today. Among this plenitude are entries on African Eve, Blair Babes, Custer’s Last
Stand, friend of Dorothy, ground zero, Oradour, Red Queen hypothesis, shoot the messenger, and Trojan horse.