<P>From <i>catching a cold</i> to <i>landing on your feet</i>, idiomatic expressions add color and style to the English language. The latest edition of <i><b>Essential Idioms in English</b></i> remains the resource of choice for mastering more than 500 common English idioms, phrasal verbs, and collocations. <i>Essential Idioms in English </i>thoroughly defines and illustrates each idiom, then reinforces its meaning and usage with multiple-choice, true-false, fill-in-the-blank, and matching exercises. </P>