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NTC's
Thematic
Dictionary
of
Idioms
Richard A. Spears, Ph.D.
JS^
NTC Publishing Group
NlC NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
American
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spears, Richard A.
NTC's thematic dictionary of American idioms / Richard A. Spears.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8442-0830-2
1. English language—United States—Idioms—Dictionaries.
2. Figures of speech—Dictionaries. 3. Americanisms—Dictionaries.
I. Title.
PE2839.S66 1997
123'.1— dc21
97-2440
CIP
Interior design by Terry Stone
Published by NTC Publishing Group
An imprint of NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
4255 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood (Chicago), Illinois 60646-1975 U.S.A.
Copyright © 1998 by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of
NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company.
Manufactured in the United States of America
International Standard Book Number: 0-8442-0830-2
7890 BC 0987654321
Introduction
v
List of Themes
vii
Idioms, Thematically Arranged
l
Idioms Index
355
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