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By: N/A
Price: $1.95
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks: October 2002
Seller ID: 116648
ISBN: 0439417686
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Used - Good
Price: $5.49
Publisher: Conari Pr: November 2002
Seller ID: 113509
ISBN: 1573247235
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By: Jack, Albert
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Harper: November 2005
Seller ID: 117728
ISBN: 0060843373
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Used - Good
Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from?
From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone unturned, the English language is peppered with hundreds of common idioms borrowed from ancient traditions and civilizations throughout the world. In Red Herrings and White Elephants, Albert Jack has uncovered the amazing and sometimes downright bizarre stories behind many of our most familiar and eccentric modes of expression:
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By: Kranes, Marsha,Worth, Fred,Tamerius, Steve
Price: $5.95
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal: October 1999
Seller ID: 117733
ISBN: 1579120865
Binding: Hardcover
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By: Levine, Leslie Johnstone Shar
Price: $4.99
Publisher: Mud Piddle Books: January 2008
Seller ID: 102257
ISBN: 160311145X
Binding: Trade Paperback
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Price: $3.95
Publisher: Meadowbrook Pr: July 1989
Seller ID: 117730
ISBN: 067167742x
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Used - Good
By: McLain, Bill
Price: $5.99
Publisher: Castle Books: September 2009
Seller ID: 100118
ISBN: 0785822577
Binding: Hardcover
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By: na
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Publisher: Klutz: September 1993
Seller ID: 84182
ISBN: 1878257528
Binding: Trade Paperback
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Publisher: n/a: January 2014
Seller ID: 83229
ISBN: 1426319703
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Used - Good