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Author Abley, Mark.

Title Watch your tongue : what our everyday sayings and idioms figuratively mean / Mark Abley ; illustrations by Belle Wuthrich.

Publication Info. New York ; Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
©2018
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1913210~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  428 ABL    DUE 05-13-24
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Description x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Note The struck-out word "literally" is printed before "figuratively" on the title page.
Summary In Watch Your Tongue, author Mark Abley explores the phrases, idioms, and clichés of our everyday language. With wit and subtle wisdom, he unravels the mysteries of these expressions, illuminating the history, tradition and stories behind everything we say. Pulling examples from Shakespeares plays to sports team names, ancient Rome to Twitter, Abley shares samples and anecdotes of the eccentric ways that we play with, parse, and pattern language.
Subject English language -- Idioms.
English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- Social aspects.
Clichés.
Figures of speech.
Added Author Wuthrich, Belle, 1989- illustrator.
ISBN 9781501172281 hardcover
150117228X hardcover
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