The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Expressions

The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Expressions
Author: James McGuire
Publisher: Cider Mill Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2024-10-29
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1400252148

The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Expressions uncovers the fascinating, humorous, and often unbelievable origin stories behind the English language's most common sayings! Nobody thinks twice about sayings like bite the bullet and the cat's out of the bag. But the strange and wonderful origins of these expressions are far from arbitrary: They are rooted in forgotten history. Within this book, you will discover the origins of idioms like: Why we say an unwell person is under the weather. It goes back to when sickly sailors and seafarers had to rest below deck! How come sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle is called riding shotgun." In the Wild West, passengers had a crucial job: packing heat and preventing highway robberies! What's up with the phrase, cat got your tongue. Here's a hint: It doesn't have anything to do with cats! With over 100 pieces of original artwork, The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Expressions is as beautiful as it is entertaining and informative. Read up on this fascinating history of the English language's 64 most popular idioms, and you will know what it really means when you say pass with flying colors, bury the hatchet, and rest on your laurels!

Fresh as a Daisy

Fresh as a Daisy
Author: Diane Costa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-04-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781951787080

A multicultural book that teaches English idioms about nature. Includes popular idioms, idiom meanings, example sentences, and colorful illustrations of characters and settings from around the world. This book also provides an English audio recording and links to teaching resources. This is a great resource for diverse classrooms!

The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Behavior

The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Behavior
Author: Laura Hetherington
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1951511034

"Why must you bless a sneeze? What's the point of clinking glasses? What does RSVP mean?...Read up on the long-forgotten histories behind your everyday habits..." --back cover.

It's Raining Cats and Dogs

It's Raining Cats and Dogs
Author: Michael Barton
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2012
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1849052832

Offers insight into an autistic person's mind through classic figures of speech that contain confusing or contradictory wording, drawings that show what he believes the expressions mean, and their actual meanings.

NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions

NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1995-02-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0071783547

With more than 7,000 up-to-date phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.

The Illustrated Book of Sayings

The Illustrated Book of Sayings
Author: Ella Frances Sanders
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1607749343

From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation and Eating the Sun, a charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explores the nuances of language From the hilarious and romantic to the philosophical and literal, the idioms, proverbs, and adages in this illustrated collection address the nuances of language in the form of sayings from around the world. From the French idiom “to pedal in the sauerkraut” (meaning, “to spin your wheels”), to the Japanese idiom “even monkeys fall from trees” (meaning, “even experts can be wrong”), The Illustrated Book of Sayings reveals the remarkable diversity, humor, and poignancy of the world’s languages and cultures.

McGraw-Hill's Conversational American English

McGraw-Hill's Conversational American English
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2010-09-22
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0071741321

Learnmore than 3,000 English expressions and speak and understand the language easily As a new speaker of English, you may hear some expressions in your daily conversations that you do not understand--yet. McGraw-Hill's Conversational American English will help you learn these expressions, so not only do you know what a person is saying to you, but that you can use the expression yourself! More than 3,000 expressions are organized by theme, so you can find what you are looking for quickly. And each topic is illustrated to further help you understand context. The book features: Common expressions are batched into 350 themes, ranging from general greetings and asking how someone is, to the more specific needs, like showing disbelief, asking someone’s intentions, and expressions for a forgotten word or name A comprehensive thematic glossary provides an additional means for the learner to locate expressions by key words and concepts Topics include: Basic Social Encounters, Greetings, Small Talk, Introductions, Ending a Conversation, Good-Byes, Agreeing, Disagreeing Conversational Encounters, Focusing Attention, Launching the Conversation, Making Friends, Complex Matters, Disputes, Discussion and Resolution, Polite Encounters, Prefaces, Communication Barriers

Cartoon-Illustrated Metaphors

Cartoon-Illustrated Metaphors
Author: Kaiman Lee
Publisher: Environmental Design & Research Ctr
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2004-11
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780915250431

"CARTOON-ILLUSTRATED METAPHORS: Idioms, Proverbs, Cliches and Slang" gives you accurate definitions, origins and usages of metaphors that you will easily understand and apply with clarity and precision. This book is intended to help people who want to "spice up" the way they talk. It is especially effective for people whose native languages are not English. Verbal metaphors used in appropriate contexts can serve business, social, psychological and cultural purposes. Each metaphor occupies one page which makes learning consistent and easy. Each page has a cartoon and a text portion that consists of four categories of information: meaning, alternative, origin and usage. People evaluate you by your conversational skill! Your conversational skill can be directly linked to your career advancement, income level and social standing. To move up, your conversational skill must surpass that of your co-workers. People perceive the level of your intelligence, education and capabilities by how you express yourself in conversion. Get the help from CARTOON-ILLUSTRATED METAPHORS: Idioms, Proverbs, Cliches and Slang. Clear your path to success! If you cannot express your ideas eloquently, you can appear as lack of competence and qualification. Impress your audience with "your metaphors" in the right context. Get "your metaphors" from CARTOON-ILLUSTRATED METAPHORS: Idioms, Proverbs, Cliches and Slang. Your conversational expressions will have pin-point accuracy! You will learn from CARTOON-ILLUSTRATED METAPHORS: Idioms, Proverbs, Cliches and Slang the accurate definitions, origins and usage of "your metaphors," and apply them with clarity and precision.