The Usual Suspects & Other Clichés

Names And Shames More Than 1500 Familiar Words And Phrases

E. M. Kirkpatrick

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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 everyday conversations and writing is more easily said than done. In this new edition of the popular Dictionary of Cliches Betty Kirkpatrick once again spills the beans on the most commonly used cliches. It is up to the reader to decide whether the use of cliche is flogging a dead horse, or exploiting a valuable means of cutting a long story short.

Book Details

ISBN: 9780713674965
Publisher: A. & C. Black
Publication Date: 15 September 2005
Format: Hardback
Language: English
Pages: 222 p.