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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Phraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful words and phrases found in the English language.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>The Amazing Secrets of the Phrases We Use Everyday</b></p> <p>Phraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful phrases found in the English language. It contains information about phrase history and etymology; unusual, lost, or uncommon phrases; how phrases are formed; and more than 7,000 facts about common English phrases.</p> <p>Practical enough to be used as a reference book but so fun that every book lover will want to read it straight through, Phraseology contains such engrossing tidbits as: </p> <ul> <li>ACROSS THE BOARD is an allusion to the board displaying the odds in a horse race</li> <li>ARTESIAN WELL gets its name from Artois, where such wells were first made</li> <li>BEST MAN originated in Scotland, where the groom kidnapped his bride with the aid of friends, including the toughest and bravest - the best man.</li> <p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD is the author of many list and reference books. Barbara has an MPhil and PhD in Linguistics from University of Exeter, a PhD in Archaeology, an MA in Buddhist Studies from Greenwich University, and a BS in Physical Education from Valparaiso University. A lexicographer and part-time archaeologist, Barbara is the managing editor of Lexico LLC.

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