Essential English Idioms : An Up-to-Date Guide to the Idioms British English

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Summary: A disappointment - more American than British Idioms
Review: For someone wanting to learn more about British idioms and speech, this book is a great disappointment. Nearly 99% of the idioms listed are common American usage (e.g. "hold your horses") and provide little new insight or help in understanding our U.K. counterparts. In the entire book, there are only a a small handful of uniquely British idioms (e.g. "play gooseberry" or "dance attendance"), and there were some glaring omissions. There was no mention of "sticky wicket", for example. If you want to understand the Brits, I recommend you look at Margaret Moore's Understanding British English.