Bees' Knees and Barmy Armies: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day by Harry Oliver, Mike Mosedale

Bees' Knees and Barmy Armies: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day

Harry Oliver, Mike Mosedale

260 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective fast-paced
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What makes someone "pleased as punch?" Why is New York City called "The Big Apple?" And what does it mean to escape by the "skin of your teeth?" Every day speech is peppered with hundreds of phrases and expressions, but rarely are their origins co...

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