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Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans Paperback - 2006
by Leonard Mann
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Eureka! This book will send wordsmiths and language lovers alike to seventh heaven
"He's a Good Samaritan. It's time to pay the piper. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched." We use phrases like these all the time, but did you ever wonder why? Why isn't he a Good Norwegian? Is it ever time to pay the drummer? And why do we avoid counting chickens instead of, say, ducklings? The answers are here in this colorful compilation of the true stories behind everyday words and phrases.
Drawing from the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, the works of Shakespeare, and other sources, this insightful collection explains the fascinating origins of more than 175 common expressions, including: Seventh Heaven: The highest level of heaven in the Islamic Koran; a place of total happiness Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve: From the time of chivalry, when a knight carried a token of fidelity from his ladylove on his sleeve My Name Is Mudd: From Dr. Mudd, who haplessly mended the broken leg of President Lincoln's assassin Snafu: The World War II soldier's shorthand for "situation normal, all fouled up" Green-Eyed Monster: The jealous beast that Shakespeare's Iago warned Othello to look out for
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- Title Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans
- Author Leonard Mann
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 226
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher McGraw-Hill, U.S.A.
- Date 2006-04-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780071460835 / 0071460837
- Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 5.66 x 0.6 in (21.03 x 14.38 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Etymology, English language - Terms and phrases
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005054419
- Dewey Decimal Code 422
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