Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans: Literary Allusions in Everyday Language
Book Description
How King Midas's touch became golden and other stories behind everyday phrases, idioms, and literary allusions
Finding silver would not spark the same excitement if all a prospector could say was, "There it is!" nor would anyone be menacing with the moniker "Arthur the Somewhat Disgruntled." But thanks to thousands of years of evolving language, we have words and... More
Book Information
Publisher | McGraw Hill Companies |
Binding | Paperback (2 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 192 |
ISBN-10 | 0071460837 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0071460835 |
Publication Date | 03/03/2006 |
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