Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans by Leonard Mann

Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans by Leonard Mann

How King Midas's touch became golden and other stories behind everyday phrases, idioms, and literary allusions Finding silver would not spark the same excitement if all a prospector could say was, "There it is!" nor would anyone be menacing with the moniker "Arthur the Somewhat Disgruntled." But thanks to thousands of years of evolving language, we have words and phrases like "Eureka!" and "Attila the Hun" that bring color and vibrancy to our conversations and our writing. Unfortunately, often lost in the millennia is the history of how these sayings came to be. Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans uncovers the tales behind more than 175 phrases, drawing from the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, the works of Shakespeare, and other literary resources.

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ISBN 13	9780071460835
ISBN 10	0071460837
Titel	Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans
Autor	Leonard Mann
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Erscheinungsjahr	2006-04-16
Seitenanzahl	224
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.