A Dictionary of Catch Phrases

  • A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
    A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
    By Eric Partridge

    See: I'm so hungry. See: good men; not so scarce.See: good men;notso s. scatty. See: catty. scene. See: it's not scatty. See: catty. scene. See: it's not my s.;it'sweird; let's make. scholar. See:gentleman; good as. scene.

  • A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
    A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
    By Eric Partridge

    1870–1940) crime story has, since c. ... See: keep your fingers... fings ain't wot they used ter (or t') be. ... 1960 when Frank Norman's play, Fings Ain't Wot They Usedt'Be, with lyrics by Lionel Bart, achieved a considerable success.

  • A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American from Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
    By Eric Partridge

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

  • A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
    A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
    By Eric Partridge

    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.

  • A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
    By Eric Partridge

    A Dictionary of Catch Phrases