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Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins by Caroline Taggart
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature/Quotations | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post______________________The huge variety of colourful phrases contained in the English language are notoriously varied and, often, notably odd. From blue-blooded (an invention of aristocr ...Show more
I Used to Know That Maths: Activity Book by Daniel Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science/Environment | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
Arithmetic, Probability, Fractions, Measurements - maths is one of those subjects that continue to throw a lot of us in a muddle long after our school days. Yet we still need to use it every day, from splitting the bill in a restaurant, to counting out change at a till or working out exchange rates.The ...Show more
Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them by Judy Parkinson
$9.99 AUD
Category: English Language | Series: I Used to Know That Ser.
How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? What do chips on shoulders have to do with inferiority complexes? And who is the face that launched a thousand ships? Did you know that 'the rule of thumb' refers to the use of the thumb to make measurements, as the first joint of the average ...Show more
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