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Who Said That First?
Max Cryer
其他書名
The Curious Origins of Common Words and Phrases
出版ReadHowYouWant.com, 2011-03-25
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / EtymologyReference / QuotationsReference / Word Lists
ISBN14587855999781458785596
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=B9TgbLeF1eMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Believe it or not, this is probably the first book to attempt to identify the original sources of some of the English language's most common expressions. We might think we know who first said famous for fifteen minutes, annus horribilis, the cold war and let them eat cake. It's a no brainer, you might say, but Max Cryer has a surprise or two in ...