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Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat

Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat

The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions

by Caroline Taggart
Paperback
Publication Date: 13/06/2016

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Don't be down in the dumps if you can't cut the mustard when asked the definition of certain phrases--this down-to-earth guide is just the ticket. This collection contains some fascinating and remarkable stories about our best-loved and most colorful phrases and shows the huge range of sources from which they originate. From advertising to the Ancient Greeks, from the military to meteorology, Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat takes us on a wonderful journey through our language's history. With more phrases than you can shake a stick at, this collection will bring home the bacon for any Tom, Dick, or Harry with a love of language.
ISBN:
9781782435822
9781782435822
Category:
Language: history & general works
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
13-06-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Michael\O'Mara#Books, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
203.2x127x15.24mm
Weight:
0.19kg
Caroline Taggart

Caroline Taggart is the bestselling author of I Used to Know That and, in the same series, A Classical Education and An Apple a Day.

She also co-wrote My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?). Her other books include Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English, The Book of English Place Names and The Book of London Place Names.

She also appears frequently on radio and TV giving her opinion on such subjects as whether or not there should be an apostrophe in Druids Cross and, if so, where it should go.

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