As Right as Rain: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions
Author(s): Caroline Taggart
Would you be down in the dumps if, when asked the definition of certain phrases, it was all Greek to you? Let's not beat about the bush: the English language is littered with linguistic quirks, which, out of context, seem completely peculiar. If you can't quite cut the mustard, this book will explain how on earth 'off the cuff' came to express improvisation, why a 'gut feeling' is more intuitive than a brainwave, and who the heck is happy Larry. These expressions and countless more become a piece of cake once you've read "As Right as Rain" - the perfect gift for any "Tom, Dick or Harry" with a love of language.
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Caroline Taggart is the bestselling author of I Used to Know That and, in the same series, A Classical Education and An Apple a Day. She also co-wrote My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?). Her other books include Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English, The Book of English Place Names and The Book of London Place Names. She also appears frequently on radio and TV giving her opinion on such subjects as whether or not there should be an apostrophe in Druids Cross and, if so, where it should go.
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- : Random House
- : Random House
- : 31 July 2013
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 January 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 224
- : 398.921
- : 1213
- : Hardback
- : Caroline Taggart