|aFlying by the seat of your pants : |bsurprising origins of everyday expressions / |cHarry Oliver.
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|aSurprising origins of everyday expressions
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|a1st American ed.
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|aNew York : |bA Perigee Book, |c2011.
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|axii, 212 p. : |bill. ; |c21 cm.
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|aDiscusses the origin of commonly used and accepted words and phrasessuch as "green with envy and "ax togrind" and explains what prompted Charles Dickens to wager "I'll eat my hat."
Discusses the historical and traditional origin of commonly used and accepted words and phrases such as “green with envy” and “get someone's goat” and ...