Christine Ammer

Autore di The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms

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Christine Ammer is the author of more than two dozen popular reference books on subjects ranging from classical music to women's health. For the past 15 years she has concentrated on language, especially the sources of colloquial expressions. She also writes a column on terms from military history mostra altro for Military History Quarterly. She lives in Lexington, Massachusetts mostra meno

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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (1997) 275 copie

Dictionary of Cliches (2001) 209 copie

Harpers Dictionary of Music (1972) 125 copie

It's Raining Cats and Dogs (1707) 51 copie

The A to Z of Foreign Musical Terms: From Adagio to Zierlich a Dictionary for Performers and Students (1989) 45 copie

Unsung: A History of Women in American Music (1980) 41 copie

Fighting Words (1989) 39 copie

The New A to Z of Women's Health: A Concise Encyclopedia (1989) 35 copie

Have a Nice Day--No Problem!: A Dictionary of Cliches (Wordwatchers) (1992) 33 copie

The Dictionary of Clichés: A Word Lover's Guide to 4,000 Overused Phrases and Almost-Pleasing Platitudes (2013) 31 copie

Dictionary of Business and Economics (1977) 28 copie

The Encyclopedia Of Women's Health (Facts on File Library of Health and Living) (2005) 27 copie

Seeing Red or Tickled Pink: Color Terms in Everyday Language (Plume Books for Wordwatchers) (1992) 22 copie

Cool Cats and Top Dogs (1999) 21 copie

Fruitcakes & Couch Potatoes, and other delicious expressions (1995) 19 copie

The Facts on File Dictionary of Music (2004) 17 copie

Southpaws and Sunday Punches: 2And Other Sporting Expressions (1993) 13 copie

The Methuen Dictionary of Cliches (1992) 10 copie

Science Service Science Program: Riches of the Animal World (1961) 6 copie

The A to Z of Investing (Mentor) (1986) 6 copie

Musician's handbook of foreign terms;: Containing the English equivalents of approximately 2700 foreign expression… (1971) 5 copie

A-To-Z of Women's Health: A Concise Encyclopedia (1983) 2 copie

CLICHƒS 1 copia

Dictionary of Music (Facts on File) by Christine Ammer (2004-04-01) (1656) 1 copia

The Dictionary of Clich�s: A Word Lover's Guide to 4,000 Overused Phrases and Almost-Pleasing Platitudes 1 copia

Gesundheitslexikon der Frau. 1 copia

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