Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean an
Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean an
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Author :
Judy Parkinson
Publisher :
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Published :
04/04/2013
ISBN :
9781782430117
Format :
Paperback
Pages :
192
Size (mm) :
198x129x13
Weight (g) :
164
How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? And what do chips on shoulders have to do with inferiority complexes? Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas provides us with the meanings of these well-worn and much-loved phrases...
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How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? And what do chips on shoulders have to do with inferiority complexes? Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas provides us with the meanings of these well-worn and much-loved phrases by putting these linguistic quirks in context, and explaining how and why they were first used.