Common Phrases: And Where They Come From by Myron Korach

Common Phrases: And Where They Come From

Myron Korach

224 pages first pub 2002 (view editions)

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
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Ever wondered where the phrase raining cats and dogs came from? In a Teutonic myth, the wind was a huge dog, chief attendant to Odin, the god of wisdom, war, and the cosmos. When it rained hard, Odin's dog was chasing a cat, in the form of rain. S...

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