Cassell's Dictionary Of Cliches

by NigelRees (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  This wide-ranging A-Z guide to over 1,200 popular expressions uncovers amusing origins of both traditional and modern sayings. A picture is worth a thousand words is historically believed to be a Chinese proverb. In reality, it appeared in the Printer's Ink paper in 1927, where the real author credited a Chinese source so that people would take it more seriously. Did you know that a Listerine Mouthwash commercial is to be thanked for the phrase Always a bridesmaid, never a bride? So go ahead, Eat your heart out. After all, You ain't seen nothin' yet! 240 pages, 5 x 7 3/4.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $5.81

  Sick and tired of cliches? Uncover all kinds of fun facts about how clichQs came to be. Many of these phrases have journalistic origins, many are literary, and some go as far back as the Bible -- but every entry will astound you. And the alphabetical, dictionary format makes it easy to find just what you're looking for.