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  • Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas

  • Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them
  • By: Judy Parkinson
  • Narrated by: Kim Hicks
  • Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
  • 3.1 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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By: Judy Parkinson
Narrated by: Kim Hicks
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You wouldn’t be ‘barking mad’ if, when asked the definition of certain phrases, ‘the cat got your tongue’ and you ‘clammed up’. Let’s not ‘beat around the bush’; the English language is littered with linguistic quirks that, on closer examination, seem utterly fantastical. In Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pyjamas, Judy Parkinson explores the many colourful – but rather incomprehensible – phrases that enhance our language, describing their origins and defining their true meanings.
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been living in a cave?

great if you don't already know where phrases like "out for the count" or an "eye for an eye" come from...but you probably do because you're not an idiot.

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