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The biggest selling non-fiction book of the decade.....Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from?From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone unturned, the English language is peppered with hundreds of common idioms borrowed from ancient traditions and civilizations throughout the world In Red Herrings and White Elephants, Albert Jack has uncovered the amazing and sometimes downright bizarre stories behind many of our most familiar and eccentric modes of expression:If you happen to be a bootlegger, your profession recalls the Wild West outlaws who sold illegal alcohol by concealing slender bottles of whiskey in their bootsA delightful compendium of anecdotes on everything from minding your p's and q's to pulling out all the stops, Red Herrings and White Elephants is an essential handbook for language-lovers of all ages.The book is informative, funny, entertaining, and just incredibly well done.I have since bought it again to give as gifts.Great!-----This is not the kind of book that you can just sit down and read. It is absolutely mandatory that you have someone n

Author

Albert Jack, Ama Page

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781532861949