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Max Cryer
其他書名
And the Amazing Stories Behind Them
出版
Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
, 2010-10
主題
Business & Economics / Reference
Business & Economics / Personal Success
Humor / Form / Anecdotes & Quotations
Humor / Form / Puns & Wordplay
Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology
Reference / Quotations
Reference / Trivia
Reference / Word Lists
Self-Help / Motivational & Inspirational
Self-Help / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem
Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success
ISBN
1616081430
9781616081430
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QFJHqts9xXgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of
Today
, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter” for television, or that “cold turkey” as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra), The Man with the Golden Arm? Here you’ll learn the origins of “credibility gap,” “my lips are sealed,” “the opera’s not over until the fat lady sings,” “supermarket,” “supermodel,” “there’s no accounting for taste,” “thick as thieves,” and hundreds more. For anyone who loves language, this new book will “take the cake.”