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[pic] | |The idiom dictionary is compiled from the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms.
The Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English, helping learners to understand them and use them with confidence. The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms, based on the 200 million words of American English text in the Cambridge International Corpus, unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idiomatic phrases used in contemporary American English. Full-sentence examples show how idioms are really used.
The Cambridge University Press is respected worldwide for its commitment to advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. It was founded on a royal charter granted to the University by Henry VIII in 1534 and has been operating continuously as a printer and publisher since the first Press book was printed in 1584.
Try it out (random idioms):
lose sleep over get well knock back a drink slip mind breathe fire got me stumped fold into have teeth a body blow
Use loaf cleave to soak in relax hold on turn back the clock go ahead (with knock block off ravished with delight
Love will find a way knock socks off have on hands
I can accept that with a capital take away from call forward on sale warmed over be off the wall clean out of see the light of day at a dead end set the agenda from soup to nuts case in point quarrel with mention to be wet behind the ears slough off ease off stand for
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[pic] | |The idiom dictionary is compiled from the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms.
The Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English, helping learners to understand them and use them with confidence. The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms, based on the 200 million words of American English text in the Cambridge International Corpus, unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idiomatic phrases used in contemporary American English. Full-sentence examples show how idioms are really used.
The Cambridge University Press is respected worldwide for its commitment to advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. It was founded on a royal charter granted to the University by Henry VIII in 1534 and has been operating continuously as a printer and publisher since the first Press book was printed in 1584.
Try it out (random idioms):
lose sleep over get well knock back a drink slip mind breathe fire got me stumped fold into have teeth a body blow
Use loaf cleave to soak in relax hold on turn back the clock go ahead (with knock block off ravished with delight
Love will find a way knock socks off have on hands
I can accept that with a capital take away from call forward on sale warmed over be off the wall clean out of see the light of day at a dead end set the agenda from soup to nuts case in point quarrel with mention to be wet behind the ears slough off ease off stand for
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