Сытель В.В. Colloquial English Idioms

Сытель В. В. Разговорные английские идиомы. М., «Просвещение», 1971. (Учебник)

The aim of this book is to supply a number of collo­quial English idioms classified, explained and illustrated by examples drawn mainly from modern English and Amer­ican authors. It will be noticed that the term "idiom" is used here in its broader sense, embracing both idioms prop­er and so-called "non-idiomatic" word groups. Only collo­quial phrases are included in the book; a few idioms marked "slangy" are more for recognition than actual use. W. Ball's classification of colloquial idioms (see below), though greatly changed, is partially used in this book.