Harry Collis | McGraw-Hill | February 9, 1987 | 135 | 62.6 Mb |PDF + MP3 | Adequate, readable, 44kHz/128kbps | American English

101 American English Idioms takes the mystery out of these common U.S. expressions and explains their meanings in context. On the audio CD, native speakers read each of the 101 idioms, so you can hear how American English sounds and practice what you have learned. 

What Americans really mean when they say . . .
• Drive someone up a wall — annoy someone greatly
• Raise a stink — protest strongly
• Pull someone’s leg — fool someone
• All thumbs — clumsy
• Shoot the breeze — chat informally
• Feel like a million dollars — feel wonderful
• Duck soup — easy, effortless

Review
“I am a Bostonian who heard the recording from one of my English students. Dressed to the teeth is an expression I readily recognize, but I am more likely to read it than to hear it in everyday, modern conversation. Some of the expressions are probably regional, perhaps most from Northeastern section of the country. Of course the term American is often misused, and foreign visitors should be careful buying books claiming to teach American words or phrases.” An American woman (Arlington, MA USA)