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Red Herrings And White Elephants: The Origins Of The Phrases We Use Every Day
de Jack, Albert
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 1843581299
- ISBN 13
- 9781843581291
- Librería
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Waltham Abbey, Essex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Metro Books. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Shows some signs of wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.
Sinopsis
Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from?From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone unturned, the English language is peppered with hundreds of common idioms borrowed from ancient traditions and civilizations throughout the world. In Red Herrings and White Elephants, Albert Jack has uncovered the amazing and sometimes downright bizarre stories behind many of our most familiar and eccentric modes of expression:If you happen to be a bootlegger, your profession recalls the Wild West outlaws who sold illegal alcohol by concealing slender bottles of whiskey in their boots. If you're on cloud nine, you owe a nod to the American Weather Bureau's classification of clouds, the ninth topping out all others at a mountainous 40,000 feet. If you opt for the hair of the dog the morning after, you're following the advice of medieval English doctors, who recommended rubbing the hair of a dog into the wound left by the animal's bite.A delightful compendium of anecdotes on everything from minding your p's and q's to pulling out all the stops, Red Herrings and White Elephants is an essential handbook for language-lovers of all ages.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Phatpocket Limited
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- Z1-F-057-00886
- Título
- Red Herrings And White Elephants: The Origins Of The Phrases We Use Every Day
- Autor
- Jack, Albert
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 1843581299
- ISBN 13
- 9781843581291
- Editorial
- Metro Books
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- October 31, 2004
Términos de venta
Phatpocket Limited
Books are usually shipped in 48 hours or less. All of our books have a 14 day no hassle money back guarantee unless stated otherwise in the book's description. Item must be returned in the exact same condition that it was received. Through our work with The Rainbow Centre and other Charity Partners, we have already given hundreds of young people in Sri Lanka and Africa the vital chance to get an education.
Sobre el vendedor
Phatpocket Limited
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Waltham Abbey, Essex
Sobre Phatpocket Limited
Phatpocket Limited is a world class secondhand bookstore located in the Hertfordshire countryside in the United Kingdom. We specialize in textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a low cost source of high quality textbooks to the academic community. We also have a sizable collection of rare and collectible books.We are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standard of customer service in the bookselling business.
