2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings and Expressions (gnv64)

2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings and Expressions
By Charles Earle Funk, Tom Funk
Galahad Books | 1993 | 988 pages | ISBN: 0-88365-845-3 | PDF | 12 mb
Amazon Link : http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Origins-Sayings-Expressions-Elephants/dp/0883658453

Why do people "take 40 winks" and not 50...or 60, or 70? Did someone literally "let the cat out of the bag" at one point in time? Has anyone actually "gone on a wild goose chase"? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this enormous collection, comprised of four bestselling titles: A Hog on Ice, Thereby Hangs a Tale, Heavens to Betsy! and Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words. Dr. Funk, editor-in-chief of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary Series, reveals the sometimes surprising, often amusing, and always fascinating roots of more than 2,000 vernacular words and expressions. From "kangaroo court" to "one-horse town", from "face the music" to "hocus-pocus," it's an entertaining linguistic journey.

This is an omnibus of four books previously published by Charles Earle Funk: A Hog on Ice and Other Curious Expressions (1948), Thereby Hangs a Tale (1950), Heavens to Betsy! (1955), and Horesefathers and Other Curious Words (1958).

The original book was in DJVU format. I have converted it to PDF & OCRed it.
Both versions are included in this torrent.

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