Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Everyday by Albert Jack, Albert Jack
Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Everyday
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Albert Jack, Albert Jack
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Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Everyday

Albert Jack, Albert Jack

288 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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Have you ever wondered what phrases such as 'square meal', 'load of old codswalop', 'egg on your face' or 'in the limelight' mean? Where do they come from? Hve you ever taken a moment to wonder what we say actually means? The origins o hundreds of...

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