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A Man About A Dog : Euphemisms and Other Examples of Verbal Squeamishness by Nigel Rees
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Category: Dictionaries
Quentin Crisp once quipped that "euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne." Nigel Rees, leading commentator on the English language, has ranged far and wide to collect and comment upon 2,467 examples of euphemistic phrases--those expressions that so inventively display the art of minc ...Show more
A Word In Your Shell - Like: 6000 Curious & Everyday Phrases Explained by Nigel Rees
59.99 NZD
69.95 (14% off)
Category: Reference
A Word in your Shell-Like will be the ideal replacement or complement to that tatty old copy of Brewer's most of us have about the house: a modern, entertaining guide to the wonderful world of phrases, familiar and unfamiliar, a landmark publication by one of the key world authorities in English languag ...Show more
A Word In Your Shell-Like : 6,000 curious and everyday phrases explained by Nigel Rees
24.99 NZD
29.99 (16% off)
Category: Dictionaries
This is a modern and entertaining guide to the wonderful world of phrases, familiar and unfamiliar. A Word in your Shell-Like is the ideal replacement or complement to that tatty old copy of Brewer's most of us have about the house: a modern, entertaining guide to the wonderful world of phrases, familia ...Show more
Cassell Dictionary Word and Phrase Origins by Nigel Rees
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Category: Dictionaries | Series: Cassell Dictionary of ... Ser.
'Why do we say...?' is the question that lies behind every entry in CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF WORD AND PHRASE ORIGINS. Why do we say a person makes money 'hand over fist' or is the 'spitting image' of someone else? Why do we say 'the full monty' or 'don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs'? These are th ...Show more
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