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In a Manner of Speaking: Phrases, Expressions, and Proverbs and How We Use and Misuse Them

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In a Manner of Speaking: Phrases, Expressions, and Proverbs and How We Use and Misuse Them

In a Manner of Speaking: Phrases, Expressions, and Proverbs and How We Use and Misuse Them

What do “the entire equipment and caboodle,” “the entire shebang,” “the entire megillah,” “the entire enchilada,” “the entire 9 yards,” “the entire field and cube,” and “the complete Monty” have in widespread? They’re all expressions that imply “the complete amount,” and they’re all examples of the breadth and depth of the English-speaking world’s vocabulary.

From the multitude of phrases and phrases in day by day use, the writer of this pleasant exploration into what we are saying and why we are saying it zeroes in on these expressions and sayings and their variations which are humorous, quirky, simply plain folksy, or playfully dressed up in rhyme or alliteration. Some might have grow to be clichés that, because it’s stated with “tongue in cheek,” must be “averted just like the plague.” Others have been distorted, deemed politically incorrect, or shrouded in thriller and should bear some clarification.

Among the many matters the writer delves into are expressions that shouldn’t be taken actually (“dressed to kill” and “kick the bucket”), international expressions that crept into English (“carte blanche,” “carpe diem,” and “que sera, sera”), phrases borrowed from print advertisements and TV commercials (“the place there’s life, there’s Bud” and “the place the rubber meets the street”), animal pictures (“a barrel of monkeys” and “chasing your tail”), and meals and drink (“solid your bread upon the water,” “chew the fats,” “backside’s up!”, and “drunk as a lord”).

Right here’s a ebook for everybody who delights within the mysteries of language and the proper reward for all of the “wordies” in your life.

 

 

 

 

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Pages:249
Date:2015
 

 

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