The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread: Cliches: What They Mean and Where They Come from - Hardcover

Fountain, Nigel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1606525670 ISBN 13: 9781606525678

Publisher: Readers Digest, 2012

Synopsis

This entertaining book takes an in-depth look at hundreds of common expressions in their many forms--where they came from, what they mean, how they've evolved over time, and their prominence in today's society.

Clichés, those trite little phrases that often get a point across quickly and efficiently, have become such a familiar part of the English language and people's everyday speech. This entertaining book takes an in-depth look at hundreds of these common expressions in their many forms--where they came from, what they mean, how they've evolved over time, and their prominence in today's society. Inside you'll discover hundreds explored and explained, such as...

- "Thinking outside the box"

- "All hands on deck"

- "My way or the highway"

- "To be perfectly honest"

- Technical terms, like "collateral damage" and "pushing the envelope"

- And many others!

You'll quickly discover why this fun little compendium is truly the best thing since sliced bread!

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick Scrivenor has been a writer and editor of many years, and also works as a gamekeeper in Kent. His books include, Egg on Your Interface: A Dictionary of Modern Nonsense (1989), and he was a writer and researcher on Purnell's History of the Second World War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Readers Digest
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1606525670
• ISBN 13: 9781606525678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 175