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LEADER: 01786cam a2200289 a 4500
001 2009001639
003 DLC
005 20120609081745.0
008 090116s2010 mnua j 000 0 eng
010 $a 2009001639
020 $a9781602532069 (library bound : alk. paper)
020 $a1602532060 (library bound : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn298670980
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dILC$dSOM$dGK8$dDLC
050 00 $aPE1460$b.K6835 2009
082 00 $a428.1$222
100 1 $aAmoroso, Cynthia.
245 10 $aDon't look a gift horse in the mouth! :$b(and other weird sayings) /$cwritten by Cynthia Klingel ; illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole.
260 $aMankato, Minn. :$bThe Child's World,$cc2010.
300 $a24 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c21 x 25 cm.
490 1 $aSayings and phrases
520 $aExplains the meaning of some common sayings, and shows how to use each idiom correctly.
505 0 $aAchilles' heel -- Brownie points -- Busy as a bee -- The chips are down -- Cut-and-dried -- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth -- Dropping like flies -- Elbow grease -- A fish out of water -- Fit as a fiddle -- A fly on the wall -- Hook, line, and sinker -- In your face -- Lend an ear -- Loose cannon -- Mind over matter -- My hands are tied -- Nothing to sneeze at -- Opening a can of worms -- Over the hill -- Pecking order -- Pull some strings -- Put a sock in it -- Rain or shine -- Rub someone the wrong way -- A stick in the mud -- Talk turkey -- Tongue-in-cheek -- Walking on eggshells -- The whole kit and caboodle -- You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xIdioms$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aFigures of speech$vJuvenile literature.
700 1 $aGallagher-Cole, Mernie,$eill.
800 1 $aAmoroso, Cynthia.$tSayings and phrases.