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WHY WE SAY...

An adventure in exciting educational etymological entertainments can be YOURS!

Picked up this excellent illustrated book on the history of various idioms and expressions. I will be uploading these regularly, for your visual and educational enjoyment, in no set alphabetical or thematic order. Learn more about the fabulous cartoonist and illustrator, Pete Hoffman, on my blog...

WHY WE SAY...
A Guidebook to Current Idioms and Expressions — and Where They Came From
By Robert L. Morgan, Illustrated by Peter Hoffman
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1953.

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items are from between 15 Sep 2008 & 24 Sep 2008.

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