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Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pajamas

Popular Expressions--what They Mean and How We Got Them
Jul 13, 2018DeltaQueen50 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pajamas by Judy Parkinson is a short volume of explanations and stories about some of the best loved, well used expressions that we use in daily life. Phrases such as “the apple of my eye”, “talking turkey”, and “put a sock in it” are colorful additions to our language and this small volume tells us where they came from and how they were introduced. From advertising to Shakespeare, Homer to social networking our ever flexible language has absorbed these picturesque phrases and added them into our daily lexicon.