A Bird in the Hand: And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common ExpressionsExplains hundreds of expressions, from "Achilles' heel" and "Aladdin's lamp" to "wear your heart on your sleeve" and "wolf in sheep's clothing" |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Bird in the Hand: And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common Expressions The Armchair Philologist |
| Author | Leonard W. Mann |
| Publisher | Prentice Hall General Reference, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671889958, 9780671889951 |
| Length | 262 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / General |
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