Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
(Paperback)
| Author(s): |
Hendrickson, Robert |
| Page Length: |
754 pgs |
| Copyright: |
2008 |
| Weight: |
4.93 lbs. |
| Item Code: |
202939 |
| ISBN: |
9780816069675 |
| ISBN-10: |
0816040885 |
Isn't it the pits when students hound you with questions and all you can do is fudge your answers? Now you can offer succinct and authoritative explanations for all of the idiosyncrasies that make our language so rich. So don't get down in the dumps because you wonder about what common phrases mean or where they come from. With this book, spouting linguistic esoterica will be right up your alley.