Description & Features

The Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Idioms offers in-depth coverage of the most important idioms in English and provides additional information about their frequency, contexts, meanings, and usage. Clearly laid-out and easy-to-use, this volume will prove to be fascinating and invaluable to teachers and learners of English at all levels.

• Coverage of thousands of idioms used in British and American English
• Over 8,500 examples of real English from the Bank of English that clearly illustrate how the idioms are used in the language today
• Thematic Index for finding a group of idioms on a particular theme to develop vocabulary on a thematic area or to find the exact form of an idiom by its general meaning
• Detailed explanations given in full sentences
• Special labelling showing frequency of idioms
• Interesting information about the origins of hundreds of idioms to help learners understand and remember correct forms and usage
• Workbook available providing thorough, carefully graded practice exercises for 100 of the most common idioms in current English