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04261aam a2200625 i 4500 001 47786C98A91111ED97CFA77040ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230210010122 008 180212t20182018nyua 000 0 eng c 020 $a 150117228X 020 $a 9781501172281 035 $a (OCoLC)1022741455 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d SINLB $d OCLCF $d VP@ $d CLE $d DGU $d NLC $d BDP $d UBY $d NLC $d PUL $d BYV $d OCL $d IW8 $d SILO 042 $a lac $a lac 050 4 $a PE1460 $b .A28 2018 055 00 $a PE1460 $b .A25 2018 082 04 $a 428 $2 23 084 $a LAN021000 $a LAN021000 $2 bisacsh 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 084 $a coll13 $2 lacc 100 1 $a Abley, Mark, $e author. 245 10 $a Watch your tongue : $b what our everyday sayings and idioms figuratively mean / $c Mark Abley ; illustrations by Belle Wuthrich. 250 $a Simon & Schuster Canada edition. 264 1 $a New York ; $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2018. 300 $a x, 260 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 19 cm 500 $a The struck-out word "literally" is printed before "figuratively" on the title page. 500 $a "This Simon & Schuster Canada edition October 2018"--Title page verso. 505 0 $a Raining glass -- Swan dive -- Beefcake -- Serving time -- Stealing your heart -- Scared of your own shadow -- Run down -- Shooting the breeze -- To spin a yarn -- Dark horse -- Loose lips sink ships -- Can a leopard change its spots? 520 $a "Do you ever wonder why you shouldn't have a cow but you should seize a bull by its horns? Who has the better reputation in language--cats or dogs? Do you sometimes feel that our speech is all smoke and mirrors or that our expressions simply make no sense? In Watch Your Tongue, award-winning author Mark Abley explores the phrases, idioms, and clicheÌs of our everyday language. With wit and subtle wisdom, he unravels the mysteries of these expressions, illuminating the history, tradition and stories behind everything we say. Pulling examples from Shakespeare's plays to sports team names, ancient Rome to Twitter, Abley shares samples and anecdotes of the eccentric ways that we play with, parse, and pattern language. Why do so many companies use fruit for their brand names? What do politicians mean when they say they're going to "drain the swamp"? Why does English use chickens to signify cowardice? Abley dives into the history and psychology behind these examples and countless others, unpacking their significance (and sheer absurdity) to show how our language developed, where it is headed, and what we can learn about ourselves from it. Whimsically illustrated, easily browsable, and full of catchy sidebars, Watch Your Tongue celebrates how we amuse ourselves with words and what our sayings reveal about the way we see the world."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a English language $x Idioms. 650 0 $a English language $x Terms and phrases. 650 0 $a English language $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a English language $x History. 650 0 $a ClicheÌs. 650 0 $a Figures of speech. 650 6 $a Anglais (Langue) $x Idiotismes. 650 6 $a Anglais (Langue) $x Mots et locutions. 650 6 $a Anglais (Langue) $x Aspect social. 650 6 $a Anglais (Langue) $x Histoire. 650 6 $a ClicheÌs (Stylistique) 650 6 $a Anglais (Langue) $x Figures de rheÌtorique. 650 7 $a ClicheÌs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00864194 650 7 $a English language. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00910920 650 7 $a English language $x Idioms. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00911297 650 7 $a English language $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00911649 650 7 $a Figures of speech. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00924108 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Terms and phrases. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423862 700 1 $a Wuthrich, Belle, $d 1989- $e illustrator. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Abley, Mark. $t Watch your tongue. $d New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018 $z 9781501172298 $z 9781501172298 $w (OCoLC)1060596974 776 1 $a Abley, Mark, 1955-, author. $t Watch your tongue.: $d Toronto : Simon and Schuster Canada, 2018. $w (CaOONL)20189023155 941 $a 1 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210023823.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=47786C98A91111ED97CFA77040ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IW8Initiate Another SILO Locator Search