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Loose Cannons and Red Herrings

by Unknown Author

1989Ballantine BooksISBN 9780345363374
DictionariesEnglish languageEtymologyMetaphorTerms and phrasesLanguage and languages, etymology
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Reveals the wonders buried in everyday speech, vivid images of people and human encounters from the past. More than a thousand metaphors are collected here.

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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Published
1989
ISBN
9780345363374

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