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Two Thousand One Hundred-Seven Curious Word Origins, Sayings and Expressions
by Funk, Charles E., Funk, Tom
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- ISBN-13: 9780883658451
- ISBN: 0883658453
- Edition: 3
- Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation
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Why do people "take 40 winks" and not 50...or 60, or 70? Did someone literally "let the cat out of the bag" at one point in time? Has anyone actually "gone on a wild goose chase"? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this enormous collection, comprised of four bestselling titles: A Hog on Ice, Thereby Hangs a Tale, Heavens to Betsy! and Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words. Dr. Funk, editor-in-chief of theFunk & Wagnalls Standard DictionarySeries, reveals the sometimes surprising, often amusing, and always fascinating roots of more than 2,000 vernacular words and expressions. From "kangaroo court" to "one-horse town", from "face the music" to "hocus-pocus," it's an entertaining linguistic journey.Funk, Charles E. is the author of 'Two Thousand One Hundred-Seven Curious Word Origins, Sayings and Expressions' with ISBN 9780883658451 and ISBN 0883658453.
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