Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Adrian Room, Terry Pratchett, John Buchanan-Brown (Introduction) This book provides the reference to the idiomatic sayings in our language. That sounds really boring, but it's incredibly useful. I receive many emails that ask the origin of some phrases such as "the whole nine yards." I'm not able to answer questions like that, but a book like this does, 90% of the time. [More Other Reference Books]
