Kirkpatrick Betty: The Usual Suspects and Other Cliches: Names and Shames More Than 1,500 Familiar Words and Phrases
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Brings together more than 1,500 of the most commonly used English cliches, outlining the meaning of each expression, its origins and the reason for its creation. Cliches have never been flavour of the month with school teachers, editors or literary connoisseurs, and are potential banana skins for journalists and students. For most of us, preventing these old-hat expressions from punctuating our…