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

by Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer.

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The Child's World, c2010.

English language -- Idioms -- Juvenile literature.

Figures of speech -- Juvenile literature.

Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer. Sayings and phrases.

9781602532076 (library bound : alk. paper)

1602532079 (library bound : alk. paper)

24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.

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 the meaning of some common sayings, and shows how to use each idiom correctly.

Gallagher-Cole, Mernie.

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