eBook: Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings (DRM EPUB)
 
電子書格式: DRM EPUB
作者: Susie Dent 
分類: Language: reference & general ,
linguistics ,
Lexicography  
書城編號: 27035627


售價: $169.00

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製造商: John Murray Press
出版日期: 2023/09/28
ISBN: 9781399811699
 
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商品簡介
Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS?What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER?Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk?What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE?Or robbers with PULLING SOMEONE'S LEG?Why are CIRCLES VICIOUS?And, what's so bad about a WHITE ELEPHANT? 'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent' Gyles Brandreth
Susie Dent 作者作品表

Guilty by Definition (Hardcover)

Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings (Paperback)

Guilty by Definition: Discover the debut mystery novel from Countdown's Susie Dent (Hardcover)

Guilty by Definition (Paperback)

eBook: Guilty by Definition: Discover the debut mystery novel from Countdown's Susie Dent (DRM EPUB)

Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary, from Angst to Zwodder (Paperback)

Roots of Happiness: 100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain's Most-Loved Word Expert (Hardcover)

Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings (Hardcover)

eBook: Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings (DRM EPUB)

eBook: Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder (DRM EPUB)

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day (Paperback)

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day (Hardcover)

eBook: Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year (DRM EPUB)

Word Perfect (hardcover)

Dent's Modern Tribes (Paperback)

Brewers Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable (hardcover)

eBook: Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain (DRM EPUB)

Dent's Modern Tribes (Hardcover)

Susie Dent's Weird Words (Paperback)

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hardcover)

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