Green-eyed monsters and good samaritans
Subtitle: literary allusions in everyday language
By: Leonard Mann.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: English language -- Terms and phrases.; English language -- Etymology.; Allusions.
Description: "Drawing from the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, the works of Shakespeare, and numerous other sources, this illuminating collection explains the fascinating origins of more than 170 common expressions."--Jacket.