Pocket • 2010 • Engelsk

Black Sheep and Lame Ducks - The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

Name: Black Sheep and Lame Ducks - The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day
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The fun and fascinating follow-up to the international bestseller Red Herrings and White Elephants Why do people put their "skeletons in a closet," "have a hunch," "get the cold shoulder," "get dressed up to the nines," or "call a spade a spade?" These phrases are used every day, yet most people have little or no idea where most of them come from. In Black Sheep and Lame Ducks , Albert Jack takes readers on a journey through the curious- and often bizarre-origins of hundreds of their favorite...Vis mer

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9780399535123

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2010

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Engelsk

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Black Sheep and Lame Ducks - The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

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Pocket

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