Curious English Words and Phrases
Author(s): Max Cryer
'Cloud nine', 'at the drop of a hat', 'spitting image', 'mollycoddle', 'rigmarole', 'round robin', 'spill the beans', 'kick the bucket', 'balderdash' and 'touch wood'.
There are so many curious words and phrases that we often use and yet haven't you ever wondered why we say them, where they come from and what they mean?
Written by language expert Max Cryer, Curious English Words and Phrases has all the answers behind some of the most interesting and perplexing words and expressions in the English language.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Exisle Publishing (Australia)
- : Exisle Publishing (Australia)
- : 0.531
- : 01 June 0000
- : 210mm X 136mm X 34mm
- : New Zealand
- : 01 July 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Max Cryer
- : Paperback
- : 712
- : 422
- : 432