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 | #490026 in Books |  2005-11-01 |  2005-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.25 x1.01 x4.75l,.70 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Informative, but only to a point|By K-|As far as this book goes, it's very informative, except it's missing what I needed most: earliest known usage. I write historical fiction and attempt to use the period's contemporary language, but idioms and phrases are very difficult to pin down. Some of this is included in the book by mere reference only (such as "when the royal navy did| |“Amusing and informative...[takes] you on a trip through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language.” (Knutsford Guardian (UK))|About the Author|Albert Jack is a writer an

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 peppered with hundreds of common idioms borrowed from ancient traditions and civilizations throughout the world. In Red Herrings and White Elephants, Albert Jack has uncovered the amazing and somet...

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