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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060843373
ISBN-13
9780060843373
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46923772
Product Key Features
Book Title
Red Herrings and White Elephants : the Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
General, Word Lists, Linguistics / Etymology, Composition & Creative Writing
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Reference, Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
7.2 in
Item Width
4.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-044793
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"Amusing and informative...[takes] you on a trip through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language." -- Knutsford Guardian (UK), Amusing and informative...[takes] you on a trip through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
422
Synopsis
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., With entries such as "bite the bullet" and "leap of faith," this tongue-in-cheek reference to idioms and their origins is a perfect holiday gift with a small, appealing trim size., 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.
LC Classification Number
PE1689.J32 2006
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