Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them Book

How did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? Why is good health compared to a stringed instrument? ('As fit as a fiddle'). And what do pickles have to do with quandaries? This book provides us with the meanings to these well-worn and much-loved phrases by putting these linguistic quirks in context, and explaining how they were first used.Read More

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    How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? Why is good health compared to a small stringed instrument? And what do pickles have to do with quandaries? This work provides us with the meanings to these well-worn and much-loved phrases by putting these linguistic quirks in context, and explaining how and why they were first used.

  • 1843173654
  • 9781843173656
  • Judy Parkinson
  • 10 September 2009
  • Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 192
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