Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pajamas Popular Expressions -- What They Mean and How We Got Them

Name: Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pajamas Popular Expressions -- What They Mean and How We Got Them
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ISBN: 9781606521717

ISBN-10: 1606521713

ISBN-13: 9781606521717

Edition: 2010

Authors: Judy Parkinson

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"Make no bones about it"-Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pajamasis the perfect collection for anyone seeking the meanings of terms that enrich our everyday speech. It "rounds up the usual suspects"-hundreds of catch phrases, quotations, and expressions that keep our language flourishing-and makes them easy to find in an A-to-Z format. If "all goes according to plan,"you'll soon know: The expressions"all that glitters is not gold"and"apple of the eye"have each been in use for more than 1,000 years "To bark up the wrong tree"comes from the sport of raccoon hunting "The big enchilada"was used to describe someone on the infamous Watergate tapes Embarrassed parents can thank the songwriter Cole…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 9/30/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English