Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781399811682 |
| ISBN10: | 1399811681 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | pages |
| Size: | 196x126x32 mm |
| Weight: | 350 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | Quarter page B&W illustrations for all chapter headings |
| 677 |
Category:
Interesting Stories about Curious Words
From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings
Publisher: John Murray
Date of Publication: 10 October 2024
Number of Volumes: Print PDF
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Long description:
Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.
Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS?
What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER?
Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk?
What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE?
Or robbers with PULLING SOMEONE'S LEG?
Why are CIRCLES VICIOUS?
And, what's so bad about a WHITE ELEPHANT?
'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent' Gyles Brandreth
