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BALLYHOO BUCKAROO & SPUDS

Quinion M

出版	Smithsonian, 2004-10-17
主題	History / Social HistoryLanguage Arts & Disciplines / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & ComparativeLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology
ISBN	15883421909781588342195
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tJtiAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

The real story of a word or phrase’s origin and evolution is often much stranger—and much more humorous—than the commonly accepted one; the many entries will certainly leave you “happy as a clam.” Happy as a clam? Really, what’s so happy about being a clam? The saying makes much more sense when it’s paired with its missing second half: “at high water.” Now a clam at high water is a safe clam, and thus a happy clam. From the bawdy to the sublime, Quinion’s explanations and delightful asides truly prove that the “proof is in the pudding.”