A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

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Routledge, 1986 - Foreign Language Study - 384 pages
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.

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