Cleopatra's nose, the twinkie defense & 1500 other verbal shortcuts in popular parlance /

Why we say. : A guidebook to current idioms and expressions, and where they came from /
by: Morgan, Robert L.
Published: (1953)

A dictionary of cliches /
by: Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979
Published: (1962)

The BBI combinatory dictionary of English : a guide to word combinations /
by: Benson, Morton
Published: (1986)

In a pickle, and other funny idioms /
by: Terban, Marvin
Published: (1983)

Oxford dictionary of current idiomatic English.
Published: (1975)

Valsalva's maneuver : mots justes and indispensable terms /
by: Train, John
Published: (1989)

Depraved English /
by: Novobatzky, Peter
Published: (1999)

Metaphors dictionary /
Published: (1995)

Heavens to Betsy! : And other curious sayings /
by: Funk, Charles Earle, 1881-1957
Published: (1955)

Fields' reference book of non-sexist words and phrases.
Published: (1987)

Glossary of terms and phrases /
by: Smith, Henry Percy, 1825 or 1826-
Published: (1971)

Sports talk : a dictionary of sports metaphors /
by: Palmatier, Robert A. (Robert Allen)
Published: (1989)

Try your hand /
by: Woolley, Catherine
Published: (1979)

A cache of jewels and other collective nouns /
by: Heller, Ruth, 1924-2004
Published: (1998)

The phrase finder ; three volumes in one, comprising Nameword finder, Metaphor finder, Sophisticated synonyms /
by: Rodale, J. I. (Jerome Irving), 1898-1971
Published: (1953)

Catch phrases, clichés and idioms : a dictionary of familiar expressions /
by: Craig, Doris
Published: (1990)

The Henry Holt encyclopedia of word and phrase origins /
by: Hendrickson, Robert, 1933-
Published: (1990)

The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins /
by: Hendrickson, Robert, 1933-
Published: (2004)

Have a nice day--no problem! : a dictionary of clichés /
by: Ammer, Christine
Published: (1992)

Shorter dictionary of catch phrases : from the work of Eric Partridge and Paul Beale /
by: Fergusson, Rosalind
Published: (1994)

Words and phrases index ; a guide to antedatings, new words, new compounds, new meanings, and other published scholarship supplementing the Oxford English dictionary, Dictionary of Americanisms, Dictionary of American English, and other major dictionaries of the English language /
by: Wall, C. Edward
Published: (1969)

A dictionary of cliches : with an introductory essay /
by: Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979
Published: (1978)

Green-eyed monsters & good samaritans : literary allusions in everyday language /
by: Mann, Leonard
Published: (2006)

The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins /
by: Hendrickson, Robert, 1933-
Published: (2008)

Idioms and phrases index /
Published: (1983)

I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech /
by: Keyes, Ralph
Published: (2009)

A dictionary of English phrases with illustrative sentences ; to which are added some English proverbs, and a selection of Chinese proverbs and maxims.
by: Kwong, Ki Chiu
Published: (1971)

A dictionary of catch phrases : British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day /
by: Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979
Published: (1977)

The concise Oxford dictionary of phrase and fable /
Published: (2003)

Longman Guardian new words /
Published: (1986)

The creative writer's phrase-finder /
by: Prestwood, Edward, 1951-
Published: (1984)

Picturesque expressions : a thematic dictionary /
Published: (1980)

A dictionary of catch phrases, American and British, from the sixteenth century to the present day /
by: Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979
Published: (1986)

Mene, Mene, Tekel /
by: Ehrlich, Eugene, 1922-2008
Published: (1990)

An illustrated dictionary of little-known words from literary classics /
by: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen
Published: (1995)

Dictionary of cliches /
by: Rogers, James, 1953-
Published: (1985)