New York: Galahad, 1993. - 976 с. Отсканированный pdf
Данное издание обьединяет 4 известные книги о причинах появления
определенных слов и выражений английского языка.
This book is over 900 pages of entertaining trivia of cliches, word origins, historic events, classical literature, and even frontier humor. Содержание: A Hon on Ice and Other Curious Expressions (1948) Thereby Hangs a Tale (1950) Heavens to Betsy! (1955) Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words (1958)
This book is over 900 pages of entertaining trivia of cliches, word origins, historic events, classical literature, and even frontier humor. Содержание: A Hon on Ice and Other Curious Expressions (1948) Thereby Hangs a Tale (1950) Heavens to Betsy! (1955) Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words (1958)