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Prodat knihyFlying by the Seat of Your Pants
Surprising Origins of Everyday Expressions
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- 212 stránek
- 8 hodin čtení
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<b>Let's "cut to the chase" and "make no bones about it"-this book will have you "pleased as punch." </b> Sowing your wild oats, throwing in the towel, painting the town red...Harry Oliver reveals the fascinating stories behind these and other strange turns of phrase steeped in the weird and wonderful history and traditions of everyday life. From quirky terms to street and city names and more, this book answers the questions you never thought to ask. • What ancient empire coined the phrase "green with envy"? • Who was the first person to "get someone's goat"? • Which writer first penned, "I'll eat my hat!"
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Flying by the Seat of Your Pants, Harry Oliver
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2011
- Vazba
- (měkká)
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- Titul
- Flying by the Seat of Your Pants
- Podtitul
- Surprising Origins of Everyday Expressions
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Harry Oliver
- Vydavatel
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Rok vydání
- 2011
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 212
- ISBN10
- 039953637X
- ISBN13
- 9780399536373
- Série
- Kategorie
- Štítky
- Byznys, Příroda, Kuchařky, Psychologická tématika, Příručky a návody, Filosofická tématika, Umění, Hudební tématika, Jídlo, Vzdělávání & školství, Škola, Společnost, Dárky pro ženy, Dárky pro muže, Lingvistika, Komedie, Komunikace, Psaní, Kultura, 21. století, Satira, Zaměstnání, Gramatika, mluvnice, Dárky, Víno, Evoluce, Abeceda, Etymologie
- Anotace
- <b>Let's "cut to the chase" and "make no bones about it"-this book will have you "pleased as punch." </b> Sowing your wild oats, throwing in the towel, painting the town red...Harry Oliver reveals the fascinating stories behind these and other strange turns of phrase steeped in the weird and wonderful history and traditions of everyday life. From quirky terms to street and city names and more, this book answers the questions you never thought to ask. • What ancient empire coined the phrase "green with envy"? • Who was the first person to "get someone's goat"? • Which writer first penned, "I'll eat my hat!"