Description
Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this fascinating trivia book from bestselling author Andrew Thompson. 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.
Author: Andrew Thompson
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 03/28/2017
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781612436685
ISBN10: 1612436684
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Etymology
- Humor | Topic | Language
- 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.
Author: Andrew Thompson
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 03/28/2017
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781612436685
ISBN10: 1612436684
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Etymology
- Humor | Topic | Language
About the Author
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.