Name: Black Sheep and Lame Ducks: The Origins of Even More Phrases we use Every day (en Inglés)
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Author: Albert Jack
ISBN: 9780399535123

portada Black Sheep and Lame Ducks: The Origins of Even More Phrases we use Every day (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Tarcherperigee

Autor

Albert Jack

Año

2010

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

235

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Peso

0.44

ISBN

9780399535123

ISBN13

9780399535123

N° edición

Categorías

Lingüística histórica

Black Sheep and Lame Ducks: The Origins of Even More Phrases we use Every day (en Inglés)

Albert Jack (Autor) · Tarcherperigee · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Black Sheep and Lame Ducks: The Origins of Even More Phrases we use Every day (en Inglés)"

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 was about to go into battle. And calling someone the "black sheep in the family" refers to a thousands- year-old belief that a black lamb in a flock was unpopular because its fleece was undyeable and therefore less valuable. With Black Sheep and Lame Ducks, any language-lover can feel like a "Smart Aleck"-and also know exactly who that was.