Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms

by Marvin Terban, Tom Huffman (Illustrator)

Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group. For raise the roof, hold your horses, and carry a tune.

63 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Ebony Hargett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great resource for writing and understanding idioms. I would use this book in the third through fifth grade classrooms during language arts lessons on idioms and creative writing.

[Nancy Kotkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Children's nonfiction book containing explanations of more than 100 idioms. Published in 1990, the book's presentation is outdated and the text is wordy by today's standards. But the definitions are easy to understand and there's a helpful index in the back of the book. This would probably be more helpful with ESL students than native English-speaking children.