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Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings
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| ISBN-10: | 1399811673 |
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| ISBN-13: | 978-1399811675 |
| Publisher: | John Murray |
| Publication date: | 28 Sept. 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Dimensions: | 1.27 x 3.81 x 21.59 cm |
| Print length: | 432 pages |
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Description
Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown ‘s Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language. Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS? What’s the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER? Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk? What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE? Or robbers with PULLING SOMEONE’S LEG? Why are CIRCLES VICIOUS? And, what’s so bad about a WHITE ELEPHANT? ‘Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent’ Gyles Brandreth – ASIN: 1399811673 | ISBN13: 9781399811675 | ISBN-13: 978-1399811675
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