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Loose Cannons and Red Herrings

by Robert Claiborne

DictionariesEnglish languageEtymologyMetaphorTerms and phrasesLanguage and languages, etymology

Reveals the wonders buried in everyday speech, vivid images of people and human encounters from the past. More than a thousand metaphors are collected here.

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