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Explains the meaning and origin of a selection of English language idioms, using each in a sentence. Is it raining cats and dogs today? Have you ever chewed the fat or pushed the envelope? You use idioms all the time, but have you ever wondered where they come from or what they mean? In this series, learn the meanings and origins of these and many other shocking, bizarre, compelling, intriguing, and unbelievable phrases. Additional features to aid...

When their parents begin saying the wrong thing every time six-year-old Sukie and her older brothers misbehave, the children discover that it is a plot and fight back with their own wrong phrases.

Black and white photographs illustrate rhyming sounds such as "sizzle/drizzle," "pop/plop," and "slurp/burp."

An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins.

Defines the mode of comparison known as simile and provides many examples in rhyming text.

A child uses similes to describe his neighborhood friends.