Intriguing Idioms Dangerously Close to Extinction
by
Steven D. Price
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
As the world changes, so does language . . . An A-to-Z guide to expressions from yesteryear that are becoming increasingly scarce.
“Person to person” (and “station to station”), “bar sinister,” “the weed of crime bears bitter fruit,” “between the devil and the deep blue sea,”...