Taggart Caroline - Humble Pie And Cold Turkey English Expressions And Their Origins - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user - friendly wittily written factual books. Yorkshire Post ______________________ The huge variety of colourful phrases contained in the English language are notoriously varied and often notably odd. From blue - blooded (an invention of aristocratic Spaniards) to limelight (a way of lighting Victorian theatres) passing an exam with flying colours (an image from sailing ships) to winning hands down (from horse racing) the fascinating expressions that make up our language are explored in Humble Pie and Cold Turkey . In this highly entertaining book language enthusiast and Sunday Times best - selling author Caroline Taggart browses through thousands of years of history to shed light on why we use the words and phrases we do. Arranged by themes including food the household childhood romance and more this intriguing book looks at the origins of our language from their historical context . For example did you know that: If you rest on your laurels you re imitating a complacent Roman general? If you eavesdrop you re likely to get wet? If you re taken aback you should strictly speaking be a sailing ship? If you re galvanized into action you re behaving like Frankenstein's monster? Humble Pie and Cold Turkey will prompt you to question the downright bizarre idioms we use to express ourselves and answer questions you may never have thought to ask . Including why turkeys need to be cold and how pies came to be humble.
Title: Humble Pie And Cold Turkey English Expressions And Their Origins
Author(s): Taggart Caroline
Publisher: Michael O'mara Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781789295146
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Series: I Used to Know That
Category: Trivia & Quiz Question Books