This is a fascinating, thematic exploration of cliches from as the actress said to the bishop to zero hour, explaining what they are and where they've come from. Julia Cresswell has taken her best-selling dictionary of cliches ('Sumptuous...A mine of information.' - "Guardian") back to the drawing board and has created a book, packed with famous (and infamous) quotations and memorable information, that will change the way you see English.
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Educated at Oxford and Reading, Julia Cresswell has worked on the Shorter OED and the Encarta dictionary and is author of the Guinness Book of Place Names and several other reference books
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conscious cliché, companion cliché, quotation cliché, alternative cliché, catchphrase cliché, use since the seventeenth century, final cliché, use since the sixteenth century, clichéd use, cliché status, formula phrase, two clichés, journalistic cliché, other clichés Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Cat's Pyjamas, The Times, Evening Prayer, Morning Prayer, Middle Ages, Second World War, First World War, Eric Partridge, Oscar Wilde, Old Testament, Julius Caesar, Charles Dickens, Golden Age, Labour Party, Prime Minister, Queen Victoria, Robert Burns, Dorothy Parker, Sir Walter Scott, Bulwer Lytton, Book of Common Prayer, Black American, Thomas Carlyle, John Heywood, Merrie England Browse Sample Pages:
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