Inventing English: The Imaginative Origins of Everyday Expressions

by Dale Corey

Is your town a Utopia . . . or a Peyton Place?Is your child a Goody Two-Shoes . . . or a Dennis the Menace?Is your boss an example of the Peter Principle . . . or, even worse, a Simon Legree?From Lotharios and Lolitas to sour grapes and Trojan horses, our everyday lives are filled with extraordinary expressions-and Inventing English explains the obscure and fascinating literary origins of more than 200 of these linguistic creations. Whether rooted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419675508
• ISBN13: 9781419675508
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.9" x 4.1"