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Informationen zum Autor Webb Garrison! formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College! wrote more than 55 books! including Civil War Curiosities and Civil War Trivia and Fact Book. Before his death in 2000! Garrison lived in Lake Junaluska! North Carolina. Klappentext Have you ever woken up on the "wrong side of the bed"? Did you make it to that early morning meeting by the "skin of your teeth"? Was your "heart in the right place" when you proposed that idea, even though you "couldn't hold a candle" to the guy next to you who was "born with a silver spoon in his mouth"? If you've ever wondered what that word or phrase you just heard means, "What's in a Word?" is just the book for you. If you love words, this fascinating and humorous encyclopedia of more than three hundred fifty words and phrases and how they evolved will keep you entertained for hours. Zusammenfassung Once upon a time… Tying the knot actually involved tying a knot-not saying vows. Meanwhile! a thinking cap wasn’t just a cute idea for schoolchildren! but an actual hat worn by scholars in the Middle Ages. Oh! and when you make no bones about something! you should consider yourself lucky you aren’t choking on a chicken foot. What’s in a Word? Answers the question it poses! more than three hundred times over. You’ll learn which side of the bed is the wrong side! and why the word “nickname” is simply the product of slurred speech. Webb Garrison’s etymological journey through the origins of words and phrases! both common and obscure! is sure to fascinate wordsmiths of every stripe.
