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Humble Pie and Cold Turkey - English Expressions and Their Origins (Hardcover)
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Humble Pie and Cold Turkey - English Expressions and Their Origins (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R385
Discovery Miles 3 850
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'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in
user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post
______________________ In this highly entertaining book, language
enthusiast and Sunday Times best-selling author Caroline Taggart
browses through thousands of years of history to shed light on why
we use the words and phrases we do. Arranged by themes including
food, the household, childhood, romance and more, this intriguing
book looks at the origins of our language from their historical
context. For example, did you know that: If you rest on your
laurels, you're imitating a complacent Roman general? If you
eavesdrop, you're likely to get wet? If you're taken aback, you
should, strictly speaking, be a sailing ship? If you're galvanized
into action, you're behaving like Frankenstein's monster? From
blue-blooded (an invention of aristocratic Spaniards) to limelight
(a way of lighting Victorian theatres), passing an exam with flying
colours (another image from sailing ships) to winning hands down
(from horse racing), Humble Pie and Cold Turkey will answer
questions you may never have thought to ask. Including why turkeys
need to be cold and how pies came to be humble.
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