Oxford dictionary of idioms / (Record no. 19711)
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| fixed length control field | 01462nam a22002295i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 21474001 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20210429120158.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 200319s2020 nyu 000 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780198845621 (pbk) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 423.13 |
| Item number | Ay93 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ayto, John, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Oxford dictionary of idioms / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Ayto. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 4 ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | United Kingdom Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 429 p. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | English language |
| General subdivision | Idioms |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Terms and phrases |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Idioms |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "To begin at the beginning: what is an idiom? Perhaps the shortest meaningful answer to that question would be 'a phrase that behaves like a word'. We are used to thinking of words as the lowest common denominators of meaning. But then consider, for example, the phrase a pig in a poke. What can we make of that if we try to interpret it word by word? Even if we know what a poke is (or was), which most people probably do not, it would make very little sense. Or take the phrase haul someone over the coals. Its literal meaning would, in virtually any context, be totally inappropriate. Understanding each individual word does not get us very close to the meaning of the phrase; we have to interpret the phrase as a whole, almost as if it was a single word in its own right. It is phrases like these that are known as 'idioms' and they form the subject matter of this dictionary"-- |
| Withdrawn status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| UE-Central Library | UE-Central Library | 29.04.2021 | 423.13 Ay93 | T13116 | 31.08.2022 | 29.04.2021 | Books |
