Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pyjamas
Lieferzeit: Bezug 3-5 I
ISBN-13:
9781782430117
Veröffentl:
2013
Seiten:
0
Autor:
Judy Parkinson
Gewicht:
164 g
Format:
199x131x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Paperback edition of the successful hardback version which has sold over 80,000 copies to date. Explores the history and context of such phrases like 'the bee's knees' and 'as keen as mustard'.
How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? And what do chips on shoulders have to do with inferiority complexes? Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas provides us with the meanings of these well-worn and much-loved phrases by putting these linguistic quirks in context, and explaining how and why they were first used.