A Dictionary of Catch Phrases - From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases - From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day



Title: A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
Author(s): Eric Partridge
Edited by: Paul Beale
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 1986, 2nd Edition
Pages: 640
Size: 4.45 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British and American English

A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over a long period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases. Some reviews of this classic edition: "This delightful book will tell you the history of such phrases as "back to square one", "as the actress said to the bishop", "the bee's knees", "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed", and thousands of other catch phrases, British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day." - Richard Boston, The Guardian