Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms by Marvin Terban

From the Publisher

This guide to idioms provides the student with an opportunity to bring color to their speech every day. Included are idioms from Native American and African American speech as well as the Bible, Aesop, and Shakespeare. 256 pp.

Publishers Weekly

Humor and illustrations add spice to over 600 definitions and origins of common idiomatic phrases. Not to let the cat out of the bag, but this one's it's a barrel of monkeys. Ages 8-up. (Feb.)

Children's Literature

How many idioms do you know? Better yet, did you know that a phrase you often use may be an idiom? Do you know its origin? Some of these expressions go back thousands of years. This collection offers lots of amusement as a quick reference and for leisurely browsing. The phrases are listed alphabetically by their first word. Each entry contains a sentence using the idiom, followed by its meaning, and a brief dissertation on its origin. Where appropriate, the expression is cross-referenced to a similar one. Cartoon characters in the margins add a little zest, but the real flavor is found in the original text. Alphabetic and keyword indexes round out the volume.

Product Details

• ISBN: 0439770831
  
• ISBN-13: 9780439770835
• Format: Paperback, 298pp
• Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
• Pub. Date: July 2006
• Edition Description: Revised
• Sales Rank: 11,244
• Age Range: 9 to 12