Daphne's Publications
PENGUIN DICTIONARIES
Welcome to my Salt Cross website! This page is for everyone who is interested in the English language. Here are pictures of my Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms and my Langenscheidt’s Bildliche Redewendungen – Englisch, (a collection of English similes) in German and English and which has been translated into Polish.
You may buy my book at Penguin Books in :
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many more shops selling my books all over the world. It has received 5
stars from Amazon customers.
Please note that the second edition has been brought up to
date and has many thousands more idioms than the first edition which was first
published in 1986.
The Good Book Guide chose my book to be on their list of the
best new and classic reference books. I am deeply grateful to The Good
Book Guide for advertising my Penguin Idioms in their Guides these last 23
years. It is largely thanks to them that my book has been so successful!
The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms
By Daphne M. Gulland and David Hinds-Howell
To ’put the cart before the horse’, have ‘the cheek of the
devil’ or be ‘a pillar of society’ – these are just some of the thousands of
idioms that have become an integral part of the English language. The Penguin
Dictionary of English Idioms looks at a vast range of examples, providing
concise definitions and explaining how they should be used. This practical guide
is arranged by theme, making it possible to compare all the idioms in that
subject area and find the right one for the occasion, whether in writing or in
speech.
- Gives clear explanations of some
4,000 phrases
– Groups entries by theme, including
colours (as white as a sheet), elements
(air-kissing) or war and peace (eco-warrior)
– Provides information about the origin
of such expressions as ‘cloud-cuckoo-land’ and ‘Achilles heel’
– Includes examples of typical usage in
everyday speech
THE PENGUIN ENGLISH REFERENCE COLLECTION by Penguin ISBN:9780140911909
Contains: The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms:
Second Edition by Daphne Gulland
The Penguin English Dictionary
The Penguin A-Z Thesaurus
The Penguin Guide to Punctuation by R.L.Trask
The Penguin Dictionary of English grammar by R.L.Trask
The Penguin Guide to Plain English by Harry Blamires
The New Penguin Dictionary of Abbreviations by Rosalind Fergusson
The Quickway Crossword Dictionary: Twelfth Edition by Rowland G.P.Hill
Langenscheidt's Bildliche Redewendungen (Deutsch & Polnisch)
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I wish you much pleasure learning English.
Love and best wishes from Daphne Gulland