This book unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idioms used in American English today.
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
A wide array of activity types makes this book a delightful way to learn the meaning and use of hundreds of common idioms, and the free audio CD lets learners hear these idioms in context.
This new edition of the Cambridge Idioms Dictionary explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English, helping learners to understand them and use them with confidence. * Fully updated with new idioms, e.g. ...
This new edition of the Cambridge Idioms Dictionary explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English, helping learners to understand them and use them with confidence.
In the book: * 170,000 words, phrases and examples * New words: so your English stays up-to-date * Colour headwords: so you can find the word you are looking for quickly * Idiom Finder * 200 'Common Learner Error' notes show how to avoid ...
The authoritative guide to American English as it's really used today.
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms
Includes forty thousand common words and expressions with definitions and usage examples
A Dictionary of American Idioms
The red of the sunset bathed the trees in an eerie light. batten down the hatches Fig. to prepare for difficult times. (From a nautical expression meaning, literally, to seal the hatches against the arrival of a storm.