Phraseology: Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts about English's Best Expressions

by Barbara Ann Kipfer

Book Overview

The Amazing Secrets of the Phrases We Use Everyday

Phraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful phrases found in the English language. It contains information about phrase history and etymology; unusual, lost, or uncommon phrases; how phrases are formed; and more than 7,000 facts about common English phrases.

Practical enough to be used as a reference book but so fun that every...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402212879
• ISBN13: 9781402212871
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.9"