AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS Author:JONATHAN NORTON DID YOU KNOW THAT THE EXPRESSION "BACK TO SQUARE ONE" IS THOUGHT TO COME FROM THE CHILDREN'S GAME OF HOPSCOTCH? OR THAT SOME EXPERTS DATE THE PHRASE "TO PASS THE BUCK" BACK TO THE 17TH CENTURY WHEN WEAPONS - INCLUDING BUCK KNIVES - WERE OFTEN WAGED DURING POKER GAMES? — IN JONATHAN NORTON'S AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS, YOU'LL DISCOVER THE UNUSUAL MEANIN... more »GS & THE FASCINATING ORIGINS OF SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR PHRASES CURRENTLY USED BY AMERICANS OF ALL AGES. FROM "ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER" TO "ZERO HOUR" AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS IS GUARANTEED TO DELIGHT EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.« less