Title: Comprehensive and easy to use; weighted toward "old" idioms
Product review: This idiom dictionary is comprehensive, beautifully written, and well-organized. All of the idioms are listed alphabetically with clearly written explanations and examples. In addition, with many of the idioms, Ammer gives a brief (almost too brief, in my opinion) explanation of the origin of the idiom. My one complaint with this dictionary is that it is weighted toward older idioms (i.e. those related to the folk tales, drama, novels, the King James Bible, and the lifestyles of Medieval-Renaissance period in western Europe). This is understandable since many American idioms come from that place and time period, but The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms is definitely not the book to get for a comprehensive post-1950s listing of Americans idioms. Overall, this is a great resource for American idioms and a must for anyone creating ESL books and materials like myself.
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