Know Your Onions: A Light-Hearted Look at Popular Idioms and Sayings - Couverture souple

Goodbrand, Allan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910508535 ISBN 13 : 9781910508534

Editeur : Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Have you ever wondered about the origins of those sayings we use every day without thinking?

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Have you ever wondered about the origins of those sayings we use every day without thinking? A hat trick, for example? Apparently, in 1858 a certain H.H. Stevenson, cricketer, took three wickets with three consecutive balls. It was such a feat that a hat was purchased and presented to him. The practice of scoring three times in a single match in various sports has been known as a hat trick ever since. In this charming and informative anthology, Allan Goodbrand brings together a selection of his favourite sayings and similes, and leavens the results of his research with his own quirky observations. For a hat trick, for example: 'I wonder what would have happened if he had been presented with some other item instead of a hat. 'A trouser trick' might give the wrong impression altogether, and a 'two crystal tumblers and a decanter trick' just isn't as catchy is it?'

Biographie de l'auteur

Allan Goodbrand is an international businessman, seasoned traveller, amateur writer, lover of good food and wine, and father of 3 grown up children each of whom he is immensely proud. He has a keen interest in the many idiosyncrasies and features of the English language that make it so different from other languages of the world, including idiomatic sayings which seem to be a property almost unique to English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Guild Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1910508535
• ISBN 13: 9781910508534
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible