Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms
Introduces and explains action idioms and their origins with comical illustrations that lend a literal interpretation.\ \ \ Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group. For example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and carry a tune.\
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Introduces and explains action idioms and their origins with comical illustrations that lend a literal interpretation.School Library JournalGr 3-6 --Terban takes those everyday phrases known as idioms and gives clear and witty explanations of the meanings and origins of over 100 of them. Huffman's literal interpretation of each idiom in black-and-white ink drawings with bits of green add a comic air. Children will delight in this humorous study, as it makes the English language fun. An index of the idioms should make it a teacher pleaser as well. --Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA
\ From the Publisher"Children will delight in this humorous study, as it makes the English language fun." School Library Journal\ \ \ \ \ School Library JournalGr 3-6 --Terban takes those everyday phrases known as idioms and gives clear and witty explanations of the meanings and origins of over 100 of them. Huffman's literal interpretation of each idiom in black-and-white ink drawings with bits of green add a comic air. Children will delight in this humorous study, as it makes the English language fun. An index of the idioms should make it a teacher pleaser as well. --Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA\ \
