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Adam Makkai
Books by Adam Makkai
Handbook of Commonly Used American Idioms
Updated to keep pace with Americans’ constant changes in the many ways they use, create, and abandon idioms, this book presents approximately 2,500 American-English idiomatic words and expressions.
- Each entry identified by part of speech
- A concise definition for every idiom
Dictionary of American Idioms
Barron’s Dictionary of American Idioms includes more than 8,000 idiomatic words and phrases, with definitions and sample sentences to help clarify meaning.

