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Common Phrases
- And the Amazing Stories Behind Them
Af: Max Cryer
Engelsk Hardback
Common Phrases
- And the Amazing Stories Behind Them
Af: Max Cryer
Engelsk Hardback

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In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter” for television, or that “cold turkey” as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra), The Man with the Golden Arm? Here you’ll learn the origins of “credibility gap,” “my lips are sealed,” “the opera’s not over until the fat lady sings,” “supermarket,” “supermodel,” “there’s no accounting for taste,” “thick as thieves,” and hundreds more. For anyone who loves language, this new book will “take the cake.”
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781616081430
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1616081430
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
21 okt 2010
Længde:
150mm
Bredde:
140mm
Højde:
210mm
Forlag:
Skyhorse Publishing
Oplagsdato:
21 okt 2010
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge