Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms by John Ayto
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms

John Ayto

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms

John Ayto

408 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

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Did you know that 'flavour of the month' originated in a marketing campaign in American ice-cream parlours in the 1940s, when a particular flavour would be specially promoted for a month at a time? And did you know that 'off the cuff' refers to th...

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