This dictionary groups idioms in classes such as colours (white as a sheet) and schools (including the mystifying "public school" which is explained though it is only an idiom to non-natives). It includes notes on the origin of the more interesting idioms.
Author Biography
DAPHNE GULLAND is the daughter of David Hinds-Howell and has been researching idioms and their origins for a number of years. She lives in Alfter, Germany. DAVID HINDS-HOWELL was born in 1916 and educated at Marlborough College and Oxford University. He had a long and distinguished career as a teacher of English and director of the Hillcrest School of English. He died recently.
