DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN IDIOMSby Philip M. Rideout, MS LexicographerAuthor of the Newbury House Dictionary of American EnglishImprove Your Writing, Add Punch to Your SpeechPresents over 7,400 idioms and expressions with sentences illustrating their correct use and appropriate context.Improves your writing and speaking.Adds color and punch to your style.Contains standard and up-to-date idioms, such as connect the dots, kick butt, game the system, and the whole enchilada.Usage notes enrich the readers understanding of selected idioms.Over 2,000 cross-references act as a thesaurus of similar expressions.Grammar designations indicate whether the idioms remain in fixed order or can be separated and whether they are standard, formal, informal or rare, vulgar or slang.Programming 2012 Drutech Corp.Dictionary 2012 Monroe Allen Publishers, Inc.