Red Herrings and White Elephants
Subtitle: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: November 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780060843373
Subjects: Terms and phrases; Linguistics; English Etymology; English Language History; Language Arts & Disciplines; Reference; Language; Trivia; Reference / General; English language; Etymology
First sentence: To be Taken Aback suggests someone has been taken truly by surprise and stopped in their tracks.