Black sheep and lame ducks
Subtitle: the origins of even more phrases we use every day
By: Albert Jack ; Illustrations by Ama Page.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780399535123
Subjects: English language -- Terms and phrases; English language -- Etymology
Genres: Terms and phrases
Notes: "A Perigee Book."

Originally published: Great Britain : Allen Lane, 2007.

"Perigee trade paperback."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Money (or the lack of it); title: All at sea; title: Country wisdom; title: Going to war; title: The world of books; title: That's entertainment; title: Exotic origins; title: This sporting life; title: Religion; title: People and places; title: Animalistic; title: The working day; title: All-american; title: The ruling classes; title: Food for thought; title: The ancient world; title: Both sides of the law; title: Love and death.