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Loose Cannons, Red Herrings, and Other Lost Metaphors
Loose Cannons Red Herrings and Other Lost Metaphors
Author: Robert Claiborne
A colorful compendium of everyday words and phrases and where they originated. The English language is a treasury of splendid mysteries, among them the many words and phrases whose origins we no longer know. Often the original meaning was literal, pertaining to forgotten objects or activities—such as "aftermath," which once meant the grass ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393321869
ISBN-10: 039332186X
Publication Date: 7/2001
Pages: 256
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
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