Central Kansas Library System

This book presents dozens of common idioms, such as "ants in your pants," "keep your chin up," and "take it with a grain of salt"; explains their true meanings; and shows how to use the idioms through real-world situations.

Depicts a little girl's visual images of her parents' talking about such things as bells that peel, banking a fire, and a running nose.

Just what kind of monkey business has befallen Mr. Hound's shop? Luckily, our team of plucky detectives has been chomping at the bit to take on their first case. When Mr. Hound hires them to investigate, they hoof it to his shop. And once they get sleuthing, wild horses couldn't drag them away from the scent of a clue. But is it all just a dog and pony show to distract them from the truth? Idioms are everywhere in this hilarious first case of the...

Demonstrates the different ways people look at the same situations by presenting contrasting idiomatic expressions in both English and Spanish.