Loose Cannons, Red Herrings, and Other Lost Metaphors by Robert Claiborne

Loose Cannons, Red Herrings, and Other Lost Metaphors

Robert Claiborne

254 pages paperback 1988

3 editions

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
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The English language is a treasury of splendid mysteries, among them the many words and phrases whose origins we no longer know. Often the original meaning was literal, pertaining to forgotten objects or activities--such as "aftermath," which once...

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