{"product_id":"humble-pie-and-cold-turkey-english-expressions-and-their-origins-i-used-to-know-that","title":"Humble Pie and Cold Turkey - Paperback","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.’ –\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYorkshire Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e______________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe huge variety of colourful phrases contained in the English language are notoriously varied and, often, notably odd. From \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eblue-blooded\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(an invention of aristocratic Spaniards) to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elimelight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(a way of lighting Victorian theatres), passing an exam with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eflying colours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(an image from sailing ships) to winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehands down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(from horse racing), the fascinating expressions that make up our language are explored in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHumble Pie and Cold Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this highly entertaining book, language enthusiast and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e best-selling author Caroline Taggart browses through thousands of years of history to shed light on why we use the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewords and phrases\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e we do. Arranged by themes including food, the household, childhood, romance and more, this intriguing book looks at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eorigins of our language\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehistorical context\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. 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