Black Sheep and Lame Ducks The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

Name: Black Sheep and Lame Ducks The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day
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ISBN: 9780399535123

ISBN-10: 0399535128

ISBN-13: 9780399535123

Edition: 2010

Authors: Albert Jack

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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…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/4/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 4.46" wide x 7.96" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English