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Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases - Softcover
400 intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious etymological journies
English is filled with curious, intriguing and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including:
· Read between the Lines
· Cat Got Your Tongue?
· Put a Sock in It
· Close, but No Cigar
· Bring Home the Bacon
· Caught Red-Handed
· Under the Weather
· Raining Cats and Dogs
Perfect for trivia and language lovers alike, this entertaining collection is the ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language.
English is filled with curious, intriguing and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including:
· Read between the Lines
· Cat Got Your Tongue?
· Put a Sock in It
· Close, but No Cigar
· Bring Home the Bacon
· Caught Red-Handed
· Under the Weather
· Raining Cats and Dogs
Perfect for trivia and language lovers alike, this entertaining collection is the ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language.
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Andrew Thompson practices law but his obsession with finding out the truth about aspects of the world that we take for granted has led him to accumulate a vast body of knowledge which he has at last distilled into book form.
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- PublisherUlysses Press
- Publication date2021
- ISBN 10 1612436684
- ISBN 13 9781612436685
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