For years, Barron's Pocket Guides have filled a role as compact classroom supplements to English grammar texts, as well as practical fast-reference guides for home and office use. The newest addition to this series takes up the subject of American cliches -- their origins, their meanings, examples used within the context of a sentence, and in many cases, the regions where the idiom is used most often. This concise, information-filled volume will also be valued by ESL students because it gives them insights into informal American English as it is really spoken, and as they are sure to encounter it in the everyday world.