02073cam a2200349 a 4500 115757 20230410143500.0 100610s2010 nyu bd 000 0 eng 16275869 2010023863 9781616081430 (alk. paper) 1616081430 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn601096397 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP JPL NTE ISL ORX QBX CDX DLC Eng R PE 1689 C957c 2010 423 Cryer, Max. Common phrases : and the amazing stories behind them / Max Cryer. New York : Skyhorse Pub. ; Chicago : ALA Editions, c2010. 320 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references. "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 phrases like: Credibility gap ; Ginormous ; Metrosexual ; The Mile High Club ; 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!."--Publisher's website. English language Terms and phrases Dictionaries. English language Idioms Dictionaries. English language Etymology Dictionaries. Idiomas inglés Términos y Diccionarios frances. Idiomas inglés Diccionarios modismos. Idiomas Inglés Etimología Diccionarios. lcc bk dpf 102521 102521 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF BJB BJB REF 2023-04-10 0 R PE 1689 C957c 2010 00000103159 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 bk