TY - BOOK AU - Liberman,Anatoly TI - Take my word for it: a dictionary of English idioms SN - 9781517914127 (paperback ; acid-free paper) AV - R PE 1464 L695t 2022 U1 - 423/.13 PY - 2022/// CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - English language KW - Idioms KW - Dictionaries KW - Inglés KW - Modismos KW - Diccionarios KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - "Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known for his studies of word origins, Anatoly Liberman explains more than one thousand idioms, both popular and obscure, occurring in both American and British standard English and including many regional expressions"-- ER -