Caroline Taggart

Humble Pie and Cold Turkey

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Caroline Taggart

Humble Pie and Cold Turkey

13,14 €
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GODINA IZDANJA
2022
JEZIK IZDANJA
Engleski
NAKLADNIK / PROIZVOĐAČ
FORMAT
129 x 198 mm
BROJ STRANICA
192 stranica
UVEZ
tvrdi uvez
MASA
0.27 kg
BARKOD
9781789293487
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In this highly entertaining book, language enthusiast and Sunday Times best-selling author Caroline Taggart browses through thousands of years of history to shed light on why we use the words and phrases we do. Arranged by themes including food, the household, childhood, romance and more, this intriguing book looks at the origins of our language from their historical context. For example, did you know that: If you rest on your laurels, you`re imitating a complacent Roman general? If you eavesdrop, you`re likely to get wet? If you`re taken aback, you should, strictly speaking, be a sailing ship? If you`re galvanized into action, you`re behaving like Frankenstein`s monster? From blue-blooded (an invention of aristocratic Spaniards) to limelight (a way of lighting Victorian theatres), passing an exam with flying colours (another image from sailing ships) to winning hands down (from horse racing), Humble Pie and Cold Turkey will answer questions you may never have thought to ask. Including why turkeys need to be cold and how pies came to be humble.

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