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Surprising Origins of Everyday Expressions
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<b>Let's "cut to the chase" and "make no bones about it"-this book will have you "pleased as punch." </b> Sowing your wild oats, throwing in the towel, painting the town red...Harry Oliver reveals the fascinating stories behind these and other strange turns of phrase steeped in the weird and wonderful history and traditions of everyday life. From quirky terms to street and city names and more, this book answers the questions you never thought to ask. • What ancient empire coined the phrase "green with envy"? • Who was the first person to "get someone's goat"? • Which writer first penned, "I'll eat my hat!"
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Flying by the Seat of Your Pants, Harry Oliver
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- Released
- 2011
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Flying by the Seat of Your Pants
- Subtitle
- Surprising Origins of Everyday Expressions
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Harry Oliver
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 212
- ISBN10
- 039953637X
- ISBN13
- 9780399536373
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- Tags
- Business, Nature, Cookbooks, Psychological Topics, References & Manuals, Philosophical Topics, Art, Music Theme, Food, Education & School System, School, Society, Gifts for women, Gifts for men, Linguistics, Comedies, Communication, Writing, Culture, 21st Century, Satire, Employment, Grammar, Gifts, Wine, Evolution, Alphabet, Etymology
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- <b>Let's "cut to the chase" and "make no bones about it"-this book will have you "pleased as punch." </b> Sowing your wild oats, throwing in the towel, painting the town red...Harry Oliver reveals the fascinating stories behind these and other strange turns of phrase steeped in the weird and wonderful history and traditions of everyday life. From quirky terms to street and city names and more, this book answers the questions you never thought to ask. • What ancient empire coined the phrase "green with envy"? • Who was the first person to "get someone's goat"? • Which writer first penned, "I'll eat my hat!"