Heavens to Betsy! - & Other Curious Sayings

Informationen zum Autor Charles Earle Funk was editor in chief of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary Series. He wrote several other books on word and phrase origins, including Horsefeathers, Heavens to Betsy!, and Thereby Hangs a Tale. Klappentext He's as mad as a hatter! Whether it's like a bump on a log or a bat out of hell, these expressions have been around forever, but we've never really known why ... until now! Finally Dr. Funk explains more than 400 droll, colorful, and sometimes pungent expressions of everyday speech. Derived from classical sources, historic events, famous literature, frontier humor, and the frailties of humankind, each of these sayings has an interesting story behind its origin. If you've ever wondered why when you're in a hurry you are told to hold your horses, wonder no more! Zusammenfassung He's as mad as a hatter! Whether it's like a bump on a log or a bat out of hell! these expressions have been around forever! but we've never really known why ... until now! Finally Dr. Funk explains more than 400 droll! colorful! and sometimes pungent expressions of everyday speech. Derived from classical sources! historic events! famous literature! frontier humor! and the frailties of humankind! each of these sayings has an interesting story behind its origin. If you've ever wondered why when you're in a hurry you are told to hold your horses! wonder no more!

Product details

• Authors: Charles E Funk, Charles E. Funk, Charles Earle Funk, Funk Charles Earle
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2002
• EAN: 9780060513313
• ISBN: 978-0-06-051331-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, REFERENCE: Quotations, REFERENCE: Trivia, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Translating & Interpreting, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Etymology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Fiction Writing, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Semantics