A Hog on Ice - & Other Curious Expressions

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 independent as a hog on ice! Where did expressions like this come from anyway? Now finally we'll know what "letting the cat out of the bag" or "going on a wild-goose chase" refers to. In this fun collection of more than 400 curious expressions and sayings, Dr. Funk explains the meanings that we use in everyday speech without even thinking about it. He has traced them back through the years -- in some cases centuries -- in an effort to determine their sources, to find out what the original allusions were, or at the very least, to give us his expert opinion when facts cannot be traced. Zusammenfassung He's as independent as a hog on ice! Where did expressions like this come from anyway? Now finally we'll know what "letting the cat out of the bag" or "going on a wild-goose chase" refers to. In this fun collection of more than 400 curious expressions and sayings! Dr. Funk explains the meanings that we use in everyday speech without even thinking about it. He has traced them back through the years -- in some cases centuries -- in an effort to determine their sources! to find out what the original allusions were! or at the very least! to give us his expert opinion when facts cannot be traced.

Product details

• Authors: Charles E Funk, Charles E. Funk, Charles Earle Funk, Funk Charles Earle
• Assisted by: Tom Funk (Illustration)
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2002
• EAN: 9780060513290
• ISBN: 978-0-06-051329-0
• 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 literary studies; HISTORY: Social History, REFERENCE: Quotations, REFERENCE: Trivia, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Etymology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Fiction Writing, REFERENCE: Word Lists, EDUCATION: Reference