Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day by Albert Jack

Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day

Albert Jack with Ann Page

272 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative lighthearted medium-paced
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Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from?From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone unturned, the English language is pepper...

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