Similes dictionary

Similes dictionary

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"Whether it invokes hard work or merely a hen-house, a good simile is like a good picture--it's worth a thousand words. Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colorful phrases--from "abandoned as a used Kleenex" to "quiet as an eel swimming in oil"--The Similes Dictionary will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find just the right saying, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Your thoughts will never be "as tedious as a twice-told tale" or "dry as the Congressional Rec…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Similes dictionary / Elyse Sommer [editor].

Summary

"Whether it invokes hard work or merely a hen-house, a good simile is like a good picture--it's worth a thousand words. Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colorful phrases--from "abandoned as a used Kleenex" to "quiet as an eel swimming in oil"--The Similes Dictionary will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find just the right saying, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Your thoughts will never be "as tedious as a twice-told tale" or "dry as the Congressional Record." Choose from elegant turns of phrases "as useful as a Swiss army knife" and "varied as expressions of the human face." Citing more than 2,000 sources -- from the Bible, Socrates, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and H.L. Mencken to popular movies, music, and television shows--the Similes Dictionary covers hundreds of subjects broken into thematic categories that include topics such as virtue, anger, age, ambition, importance, and youth, helping you find the fitting phrase quickly and easily"--Publisher's description.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013
  • Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Visible Ink Press
  • Place of Publication:Canton, MI
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2013

Notes

Includes author index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (625 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781578594689, 1578594685, 9781578594696, 1578594693
  • oclc:ocn831119095
  • LC Classification:PN6084.S5
  • Dewey Decimal:082

Table of Contents

How to use this book -- Introduction -- Table of thematic catagories -- The similes.

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Subjects

Citations anglaises Dictionaries Dictionnaires Quotations, English REFERENCE -- Dictionaries REFERENCE -- Quotations Simile Simile -- Dictionaries

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