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I'm tickled pink! : (and other peculiar sayings) / Written by Cynthia Klingel; illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Sayings and phrasesPublication details: Mankato, Minn. : Child's World, c2010.Description: 24 p. : ill. ; 21 x 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781602532076
  • 1602532079
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.1 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1460 .K6842 2010
Contents:
Break the ice -- Cool as a cucumber -- Diamond in the rough -- Eat crow -- Feather in your cap -- To fly by the seat of your pants -- A frog in my throat -- Go out on a limb -- Green thumb -- Her bark is worse than her bite -- High on the hog -- In a pickle -- Keep it under your hat -- Learning the ropes -- A leopard can't change its spots -- Let's get this show on the road -- Like it or lump it -- Make the grade -- More than meets the eye -- On the ball -- Out of the woods -- Pass the hat -- Play with fire -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps -- Put your foot down -- Red, letter day -- Sight for sore eyes -- Spring chicken -- Take a backseat -- Tickled pink -- Two to tango -- When the cat's away
Summary: Explains meanings of English idiomatic expressions and provides illustrations humorously depicting the meanings if they were taken literally.
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Break the ice -- Cool as a cucumber -- Diamond in the rough -- Eat crow -- Feather in your cap -- To fly by the seat of your pants -- A frog in my throat -- Go out on a limb -- Green thumb -- Her bark is worse than her bite -- High on the hog -- In a pickle -- Keep it under your hat -- Learning the ropes -- A leopard can't change its spots -- Let's get this show on the road -- Like it or lump it -- Make the grade -- More than meets the eye -- On the ball -- Out of the woods -- Pass the hat -- Play with fire -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps -- Put your foot down -- Red, letter day -- Sight for sore eyes -- Spring chicken -- Take a backseat -- Tickled pink -- Two to tango -- When the cat's away

Explains meanings of English idiomatic expressions and provides illustrations humorously depicting the meanings if they were taken literally.

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