The illustrated histories of everyday expressions : discover the true stories behind the English language's 64 most popular idioms
(2019)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
ESL/IDIOMS/MCGUIRE.J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York City : Whalen Book Works, [2019]
©2019
©2019
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
139 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781732512603, 1732512604, 9781732512603
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"With over 100 illustrations, The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Expressions gets to the bottom of the fascinating, humorous, and often unbelievable origin stories behind the English language's most popular sayings! Including: Jump the shark; Kick the bucket; Close but no cigar; Bring home the bacon; Cost an arm and a leg; Let them eat cake; Raining cats and dogs; and many, many more! Read up on these fascinating idioms and you'll be the cat's pajamas!"--Page 4 of cover