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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms Christine Ammer OTHER BOOKS BY CHRISTINE AMMER Have a Nice Day!? No Problem! A Dictionary of Clichés Fruitcakes Couch Potatoes and Other Delicious Expressions Its Raining Cats and Dogs and Other Beastly Expressions Southpaws and Sunday Punches and Other Sporting Expressions Fighting Words from War, Rebellion and Other Combative Capers Seeing Red or Tickled Pink: Color Terms in Everyday Language The HarperCollins Dictionary of Music Unsung: A History of Women in American Music The New A to Z of Womens Health The inclusion of any word or phrase in this book is not an expression of the Publishers opinion as to whether or not it is subject to proprietary rights. No definition in this book is to be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark. ® American Heritage and the eagle logo are registered trademarks of Forbes Inc. Their use is pursuant to a license agreement with Forbes Inc. Copyright © 1 7 by The Christine Ammer 1 2 Trust. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Houghton Mifflin Company unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Address inquiries to Reference Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ammer, Christine. The American Heritage dictionary of idioms / Christine Ammer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-395-72774-X (cloth) 1. English language??? 2. United StatesIdiomsDictionaries. 1. English language?? 2. United StatesTerms and phrases. 1. Americanisms? Dictionaries. I. Title. PE 2839.A47 1 7 423.1?97-12390 dc21 CIP M