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Dictionary, glossary, terminology software for Windows. Dictionary Organizer Deluxe: build and manage business or school glossaries, science terminology books, or personal dictionaries. Quote Organizer Deluxe: quote, verse, proverb inventory software for Windows. Book Organizer Deluxe: book inventory software for book collectors. Bestselling and bargain books: Synonyms and Antonyms * Search bestsellers * Search bargain books * Other books Dictionaries -> Synonyms and Antonyms The Facts on File Dictionary of Cliches (Facts on File Writer's Library) by: Ammer, Christine Publisher: Facts on File Published: October 1, 2001 ISBN: 0816043574 Format:Paperback Pages:488    Read More, Buy It Book Description From Library Journal Lexicographer Ammer (American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms) here offers a revised edition of her Have a Nice Day No Problem: A Dictionary of Cliches (LJ 1/92). The update, which includes about 500 more entries, offers the meanings and origins of some 3500 expressions along with sources, histories of usage over time, and levels of use today. The volume includes such recent additions as "get a life," "been there, done that," and "push the envelope" as well as old favorites like the recently resurrected "united we stand," which the author traces back to Chaucer. The index is helpful in locating entries for expressions subsumed under similar sayings, and cross references are found in the text as well. While several resources on cliches are currently available (e.g., Nigel Rees's Cassell's Dictionary of Cliches, LJ 5/15/97), this one stands apart for the large number of citations. Given the speed with which language develops, newer publications of this sort are always welcome. Recommended for academic and public libraries. Denise J. Stankovics, Rockville P.L., Vernon, CT Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Product Description: The Facts On File Dictionary of Clichés explains the meanings and origins of more than 3,000 clichés and common expressions. draws from a wide variety of sources, including the Bible, Shakespeare, and other works of literature. Drawing from a wide variety of sources this book details the meaning of the cliché or expression, its source, early uses, and the history of the phrase over time and its level of use in contemporary English is also noted.   Read More, Buy It Copyright © 1996-2005 PrimaSoft PC, Inc. All rights reserved.