Harry Oliver
Författare till March Hares and Monkeys' Uncles: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day
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March Hares and Monkeys' Uncles: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day (2005) 107 exemplar
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- 3.0
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Flying by the Seat of Your Pants is a good, solid gathering of everyday expressions for a beginner. For someone who's more conversant with expressions and their origins, there's not going to be much that's new although it may be fun to touch base again with old favorites and realize that your memory's still in good shape.
I do have one word of warning for potential readers. The author, Harry Oliver, is British; therefore, many of these everyday expressions have their origins in the UK. For Anglophiles like me, this is no problem, but for those who aren't interested in how folks across the pond speak, they may want to give this compilation a miss. (On the other hand, why not broaden your knowledge a bit?)… (mer)