TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cryer,Max
TI  - Common phrases: and the amazing stories behind them 
SN  - 9781616081430 (alk. paper)
AV  - R PE 1689 C957c 2010
U1  - 423 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York, Chicago
PB  - Skyhorse Pub., ALA Editions
KW  - English language
KW  - Terms and phrases
KW  - Dictionaries
KW  - Idioms
KW  - Etymology
KW  - Idiomas inglés
KW  - Términos y Diccionarios frances
KW  - Diccionarios modismos
KW  - Idiomas Inglés
KW  - Etimología
KW  - Diccionarios
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "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
ER  -