Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases
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- Synopsis
- Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this fascinating trivia book from best-selling author Andrew Thompson.English is filled with curious, intriguing, and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating, and even hilarious origins behind four hundred 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.
- Copyright:
- 1001
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 280 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781646042098
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781612439648
- Publisher:
- Ulysses Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/28/25
- Copyrighted By:
- ss
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Reference, Language Arts, Humor, Communication
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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