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Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas

Extent: 192pages

Size: 198x129mm

Publication Date: 04/04/2013

Price: £7.99

ISBN: 9781782430117

Categories: Language

About the Book

Publication Date: 17/02/2011

Price: £4.99

ISBN: 9781843176688

Categories: Language

About the Book

About the Author

Judy Parkinson has worked in film and television and has written several notable biographies. She is the author of I Before E (Except After C): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff, Remember, Remember (The Fifth of November): The History of Britain in Bite-Sized Chunks, and Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions – What They Mean and Where We Got Them, all published by Michael O’Mara Books. She lives and works in London.

Reviews

  • 'If you'd like to know the origins of some of our most baffling phrases, take a look at this', Daily Express
  • 'Provides a wealth of fascinating facts about the meaning and origin of phrases we use every day... With every page guaranteed to entertain and inform, this really is the bee's knees when it comes to the perfect gift!', Lancashire Evening Post
  • 'Reveals the origins and meanings of some of the most popular and obscure sayings we use today', Daily Mirror