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Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases by Thompson, Andrew

Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases

Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases

Andrew Thompson

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Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this fascinating trivia book from best-selling author Andrew Thompson.

English is filled with curious, intriguing, and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating, and even hilarious origins behind four hundred of them, including: - Read Between the Lines
- Cat Got Your Tongue?
- Put a Sock in It
- Close, but No Cigar
- Bring Home the Bacon
- Caught Red-Handed
- Under the Weather
- Raining Cats and Dogs Perfect for trivia and language lovers alike, this entertaining collection is the ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 10/28/2025
ISBN: 9781612439648
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.67lbs

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