Dict of Catch Phrases Old Ed - Softcover

Partridge, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812860373 ISBN 13: 9780812860375

Publisher: Stein & Day, 2000

Synopsis

A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.

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Review:

'This is an entertaining work, rich in scatalogical and other forms of insult; it contains much material from the two world wars and the field of popular entertainment ... but maintains a fair degree of scholarly detachment'. - The Year's Work in English Studies

`A delightful dictionary to browse through.' - Sunday Times

`This dictionary can be read for the sheer fun of it - I read it on a rainy holiday and laughed constantly - but it is a useful book as well ... and like Mr. Partridge's dictionaries of slang ... will be indispensable.' - Paul Theroux

`This is for dipping, pottering and looking things up ... Much marvellous stuff here. I look forward to continuous pleasure.' - Punch

About this edition

• Publisher: Stein & Day
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0812860373
• ISBN 13: 9780812860375
• Binding: Paperback