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Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases
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Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases

BookPaperback
Ranking56815inComics, Cartoons
CHF21.90

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Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this fascinating trivia book from bestselling author Andrew Thompson.English is filled with curious, intriguing and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including: • Read between the Lines • Cat Got Your Tongue? • Put a Sock in It • Close, but No Cigar • Bring Home the Bacon • Caught Red-Handed • Under the Weather • Raining Cats and Dogs Perfect for trivia and language lovers alike, this entertaining collection is the ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-61243-668-5
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
PublisherUlysses Press
Publishing date28/03/2017
Pages280 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 127 mm, Height 203 mm, Thickness 20 mm
Weight249 g
Article no.28041916
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.20578766
Product groupComics, Cartoons
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