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    Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings

    Posted By: IrGens
    Date: 17 Sep 2025 14:00:32
    Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings

    Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings by Susie Dent
    English | 28 Sept. 2023 | ISBN: 1399811673, 9781399811699 | True EPUB | 432 pages | 4.3 MB

    Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.

    Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS?

    What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER?

    Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk?

    What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE?

    Or robbers with PULLING SOMEONE'S LEG?

    Why are CIRCLES VICIOUS?

    And, what's so bad about a WHITE ELEPHANT?
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