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The American Heritage Dictionary Of Idioms, Second Edition Contemporary Fiction You'll hear from award-winning writersSenior moment.""Think outside the box."Idioms like these can't be understood just from the words that make them up. The "American Heritage(r) Dictionary of Idioms" explores the meanings of idioms, including phrasal verbs such as "kick back, " proverbs such as "too many cooks spoil the broth, " interjections such as "tough beans, " and figures of speech such as "elephant in the room." Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago, author