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Author:

Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer.

Title:

Go fly a kite! (and other sayings we don't really mean) / written by Cynthia Klingel ; illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole.

Publisher:

Child's World,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

24 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 25 cm.

Subject:

English language--Idioms--Juvenile literature.
Figures of speech--Juvenile literature.
English language--Idioms.
Figures of speech.

Contents:

An apple a day keeps the doctor away -- An ax to grind -- Back to square one -- Beat around the bush -- Beggars can't be choosers -- Behind the scenes -- Below the belt -- Bite the bullet -- Bolt from the blue -- Burning the midnight oil -- Bury the hatchet -- Catch-22 -- Caught red-handed -- A chip on your shoulder -- Dead as a doornail -- Down the hatch -- Easy as falling off a log -- Face the music -- A flash in the pan -- Full of beans -- Go fly a kite -- Have your cake and eat it too -- Ignorance is bliss -- Keep a stiff upper lip -- Make ends meet -- Miss the boat -- On cloud nine -- Out of the blue -- Pit stop -- Pull your hair out -- Read the riot act -- A shot in the dark -- Spill the beans -- Through the grapevine -- Turn the tables -- A wet blanket -- X marks the spot.

Summary:

Explains the meaning of many common idiomatic expressions used in English.

Series:

Sayings and phrases
Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer. Sayings and phrases.

ISBN:

1592969046 (lib. bdg : alk. paper)
9781592969043 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)81953641

LCCN:

2007004214

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

AOPB937 -- Humeston Public Library (Humeston)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens) — J 428 KLI

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)