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S'està carregant… Black Sheep and Lame Ducks: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Dayde Albert Jack
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. The origins of even more phrases we use every day I've been reading this on and off in the bathroom for a year or two now. It's interesting. A bunch of the phrases are either from out the US or I just haven't heard them used before, so I skipped those. Really this is the kind of "information" that make good conversation starters. Like when someone says, "Here's mud in your eye." and you say, "Did you know that phrase actually came from..." Then you sound all smart and women swoon, and guys think your a pretentious ass, or maybe just everybody thinks your a pretentious ass. Actually though, if people already know you (whether your an ass or not), they might actually think it's interesting stuff. Makes a great bathroom book because the entries are short. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
The fun and fascinating follow-up to the international bestseller Red Herrings and White Elephants Why do people put their "skeletons in a closet," "have a hunch," "get the cold shoulder," "get dressed up to the nines," or "call a spade a spade?" These phrases are used every day, yet most people have little or no idea where most of them come from. In Black Sheep and Lame Ducks, Albert Jack takes readers on a journey through the curious- and often bizarre-origins of hundreds of their favorite idioms and expressions. For example, "wearing your heart on your sleeve" comes from the Middle Ages, when a lady would "give her heart" in the form of a handkerchief pinned to the sleeve of a knight who was about to go into battle. And calling someone the "black sheep in the family" refers to a thousands- year-old belief that a black lamb in a flock was unpopular because its fleece was undyeable and therefore less valuable. With Black Sheep and Lame Ducks, any language-lover can feel like a "Smart Aleck"-and also know exactly who that was. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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