29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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You'll be filled to the brim with knowledge., June 17, 2004
This informative, well-researched and amusing reference explains the meaning, origin and subsequent usage of over 2000 cliches, sayings and expressions made familiar through their continued, and sometimes exaggerated, use. It's a wonderful resource for writers, researchers and editors, for trivia enthusiasts, and for people who just love words, language and slang.
Each entry in this comprehensive collection is presented in a paragraph-length format, and is written in a clear, concise and humorous style that invites browsing, but is also appropriate for easy consultations, for which an index of cross-references is also included. Here you'll find the well known "head over heels," "fit as a fiddle" and "right as rain" and also the not so common "eager for the fray" and "Simon pure."
Although not all the cliches ever used are contained in this volume, it is by far the most complete compilation of its kind available on the market today.
Overall, this book is a delightful trip of exploration and discovery into the treasury of our language's most colorful remarks.
--Reviewed by M. E. Volmar
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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The Dictionary of Clichés, February 12, 2000
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This review is from: Dictionary of Cliches (Mass Market Paperback)
I got this book years ago as a joke. My mother uses clichés all the time and I thought it would be funny to give her the book. However, I kept it because I found it so interesting. Now it is integral to the research I do for my website. This book is informative, and well put together. I say BUY THIS BOOK!
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37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
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COMPLETELY COMPLETE!!!, October 5, 1999
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This is, without a doubt, THE best book of clichés ever written! It has EVERY cliché you'll ever need to know and is rife with histories of each cliché to boot! This book is a bibliophile's paradise, an historian's haven, and a boon to ALL students and/or lovers of the English language. You COULD buy Feldman's books (e.g.- "Imponderables," "Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?" "Do Penguins Have Knees?" etc., etc.) or the Funk books (e.g.- "Heavens to Betsy," "A Hog On Ice," etc., etc.) but I wouldn't recommend it. You'd have to buy ALL of those books to get all the clichés in THIS book. So, for your time and money considerations, I say: BUY THIS BOOK!
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