Description
Most of us have never realised how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin, in particular from the grand age of sail. You may previously have had a shot across your bows, battened down your hatches, and been called to panic stations, but with this book you will never again be brought by the lee, left high and dry or be three sheets to the wind. Discover the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such colourful, bizarre and surprising phrases - and how they came ashore.
Details
  • Author: Beavis, Bill & McCloskey, Richard
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication Date: 09/10/2014
  • ISBN: 9781472907981
  • B-Code: B016119
  • Illustrated: B/w cartoons throughout
  • Pages: 96
  • Dimensions: 192x128mm
Size