- Subjects
- Published
-
New York :
McGraw-Hill
2007.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- "Learn to speak like an American, straight from the horse's mouth"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- vi, 104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 compact disc (4 3/4 in.)
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780071487726
- Foreword
- Section 1. It's a Zoo Out There
- Smell a Rat
- Go to the Dogs
- Fishy
- Take the Bull by the Horns
- Horse of a Different Color
- Let the Cat Out of the Bag
- For the Birds
- Straight From the Horses's Mouth
- Horse Around
- Cat Got Your Tongue?
- Section 2. The Body Has Many Uses
- Get in Someone's Hair
- Shoot Off One's Mouth
- Jump Down Someone's Throat
- Pay Through the Nose
- Tongue-In-Cheek
- Pull Someone's Leg
- Play It by Ear
- Stick Out One's Neck
- Shake a Leg
- All Thumbs
- Not Have a Leg to Stand On
- Get Off Someone's Back
- Section 3. That's Not Nice
- Drive Someone Up a Wall
- String Someone Along
- Sell Someone Down the River
- Leave Someone High and Dry
- Sell Someone Short
- Snow Job
- Spill the Beans
- Feed Someone a Line
- Section 4. People Do the Strangest Things
- On Ice
- Shoot the Breeze
- Bite the Dust
- Bend over Backwards
- Hit the Hay
- Cough Up
- Jump the Gun
- Scratch Someone's Back
- Hit the Ceiling
- Fork Over
- Turn Someone Off
- Go Fly a Kite
- Kick the Bucket
- Raise a Stink
- Section 5. Clothes Make the Man (and Woman)
- Wet Blanket
- Keep Under One's Hat
- Up One's Sleeve
- Dressed to Kill
- Give Someone the Slip
- Knock Someone's Socks Off
- Talk Through One's Hat
- Lose One's Shirt
- In Stitches
- Dressed to the Teeth
- Section 6. When Things Go Wrong
- Lemon
- Out of the Woods
- Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
- Out on a Limb
- Eating Someone
- Get the Ax
- In the Hole
- Bite the Bullet
- Face the Music
- Blow It
- At the End of One's Rope
- On One's Last Legs
- Hot Under the Collar
- On the Line
- Section 7. When Things Go Well
- For a Song
- Make a Splash
- Have the World by the Tail
- Sitting Pretty
- Feel Like a Million Dollars
- Kick Up One's Heels
- Bury the Hatchet
- Paint the Town Red
- Get Away Clean
- Come Alive
- Section 8. Do Your Best
- Toot One's Own Horn
- Stick to One's Guns
- Get the Ball Rolling
- Mind One's P's and Q's
- Hang On
- Give It One's Best Shot
- Make Ends Meet
- Get the Jump on Someone
- Pull Strings
- Spread Oneself Too Thin
- Go to Bat for Someone
- Duck Soup
- Section 9. You Don't Say
- Money Talks
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
- Shape Up or Ship Out
- If the Shoe Fits, Wear It
- Different Strokes For Different Folks
- Bark Worse Than One's Bite
- Eyes Are Bigger Than One's Stomach
- Put One's Money Where One's Mouth Is
- The Early Bird Catches the Worm
- People Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones
- Index to Idioms