Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas
Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them
(Autor) Judy Parkinson
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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.
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Editorial:
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Formato:
Paperback
Número de páginas:
None
Idioma:
en
ISBN:
9781782430117
Año de publicación:
2013
Fecha publicación:
4 de Abril de 2013
Judy Parkinson
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