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1、TheOxfordDictionaryofIdiomsIdiomsEditedbyJudithSiefringOXPORDUNIVERSITYPRESSOXFORDUNIVERSITYPRESSGreatClarendonStreet,Oxford0x26DPOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniversity'sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducation
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3、certainothercountriesPublishedintheUnitedStatesbyOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork©OxfordUniversityPress1999,2004ThemoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenassertedDatabaserightOxfordUniversityPress(maker)Firstpublished1999Secondedition2004Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicati
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5、dethescopeoftheaboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,attheaddressaboveYoumustnotcirculatethisbookinanyotherbindingorcoverandyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirerBritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataDataavailableLibraryofCongressCatalog
6、inginPublicationDataDataavailableISBN0-19-852711-X1DesignedbyJaneStevensonTypesetinSwiftandFrutigerbyKolamInformationServicesIndiaPrintedinGreatBritainbyClaysLtd.ContentsPrefaceviiDictionaryofIdioms1Index323PrefaceTheaimoftheOxfordDictionaryofIdiomsistoprovidecleardefi
7、nitionsofphrasesandsayingsforthosewhodonotknowwhattheymean,butalsotoofferthecuriousreaderinterestingfactsabouttheoriginsofphrasesandexamplesoftheiruse.ThissecondeditionoftheOxfordDictionaryofIdiomsisbasedonthefirstedition,editedbyJenniferSpeake.Itmaintainsthefirstediti
8、on'sfocusoncontemporaryandhistoricalphrases,sayings,andproverbs,andusesacombinationofdefinitionand(whererequired)expl