English, the universal lingua franca, is full of historical peculiarities and idiosyncrasies that can confuse even the most seasoned language learner. American English, particularly, is swimming with ...
"The arrangement of this book is topical and chronological ... Its purpose is to explain the origin and occasion of phrases and sayings which are or have been current ...
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