Person to person” (and station to station”), bar sinister,” the weed of crime bears bitter fruit,” between the devil and the deep blue sea,” will o’ the wisp,” poor as Job’s turkey” . . . these are just a few phrases that were once part of everyday speech. However, due to our evolving language and other cultural changes, there are hundreds of phrases poised on the brink of extinction. Can such endangered phrases be saved? And if so, why? These are questions Steven D. Price, award-winning author and keen observer of the passing linguistic scene, answers in this challenging and captivating compilation. It is sure to increase your appreciation of the English language’s ebb and flowand enhance your own vocabulary along the way.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Steven D. Price
EAN: 9781616082475
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 420 g
HEIGHT: 210 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Skyhorse Publishing
DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-07-07
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GENRE: HUMOR / Form / Puns & Wordplay, REFERENCE / Quotations, REFERENCE / Trivia, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Dictionaries, Linguistics, Trivia and quiz questions
Steven D. Price is the author or editor of more than forty books, including the bestselling The Whole Horse Catalog, the prize-winning The American Quarter Horse, The Quotable Horse Lover, and All the King’s Horses: The Story of the Budweiser Clydesdales. He lives in New York City, rides whenever and wherever he can, and numbers Don Burt among the finest horsemen he’s known.
