Red Herrings and White Elephants - Hardcover

Jack, Albert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843581299 ISBN 13: 9781843581291

Publisher: Metro Books, London, 2014

Synopsis

Bold as brass, cold feet, cock and bull, off the cuff, red herrings and white elephants. We use these phrases every day and yet have only the vaguest idea of where many of them come from. The origins of hundreds of common phrases are explained in this irreverent journey through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language. Once you've read one, you'll be diving back in to look up all the others. Red Herrings is full of amazing definitions that take us all over the world, including military traditions and famous people who lent their names to describe familiar situations. From the drop of a hat to the bitter end - you'll never speak English in the same way again.

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Review:

"Amusing and informative...[takes] you on a trip through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language."--Knutsford Guardian (UK)

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 and researcher in pop culture whose favourite phrase is 'doolally'. He is 39 years old and has two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Metro Books, London
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1843581299
• ISBN 13: 9781843581291
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288