[PDF.00qd] When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to Pay: Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech

When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to Pay: Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech

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 | #835540 in Books |  Olivia A Isil |  1996-04-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.30 x.30 x7.10l,.41 | File type: PDF | 154 pages

 | When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There s the Devil to Pay Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Not as good as I hoped|By Todd|A lot of common phrases, but the color one would expect seems to be drained from the book. There are some good definitions, some very interesting. I had a hard time reading the font of the book, even with my reading glasses.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| You might as well be reading a text book. ..|From Library Journal|Isil's lifelong fascination with sea lore has led her to produce this compendium of nautical metaphors and colloquialisms that have "washed ashore" into modern speech. However, the book doesn't always "run on an even keel," as even Isil hers

Have you ever wondered about the origin of "son of a gun," "flotsam and jetsam," or "hunky-dory"? You'll find the nautical derivation of these expressions and more than 250 others in this collection of nautical metaphors and colloquialisms. In addition, this book includes thought-provoking and entertaining examples of these words drawn from literature, movies, and song, and contains sections of legends of the sea and weather lore. Fascinating reading for sailors and lang...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to Pay: Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech   |  Olivia A. Isil. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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