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Overview"""Person to person"" (and ""station to station""), ""bar sinister,"" ""the weed of crime bears bitter fruit,"" ""between the devil and the deep blue sea,"" ""will o' the wisp,"" ""poor as Job's turkey"" . . . these are just a few phrases that were once part of everyday speech. However, due to our evolving language and other cultural changes, there are hundreds of phrases poised on the brink of extinction. Can such endangered phrases be saved? And if so, why? These are questions Steven D. Price, award-winning author and keen observer of the passing linguistic scene, answers in this challenging and captivating compilation. It is sure to increase your appreciation of the English language's ebb and flow-and enhance your own vocabulary along the way." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven D. PricePublisher: Skyhorse Publishing Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9781616082475ISBN 10: 161608247 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 07 July 2011 Audience: General/trade , General , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSteven D. Price is the author or editor of more than forty books, including the bestselling The Whole Horse Catalog, the prize-winning The American Quarter Horse, The Quotable Horse Lover, and All the King's Horses: The Story of the Budweiser Clydesdales. He lives in New York City, rides whenever and wherever he can, and numbers Don Burt among the finest horsemen he's known. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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