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Book Summary
About the Book: The Metaphor Zoo
Ever wondered why it rains cats and dogs? Why some are early birds and others
night owls? Or why on earth a cat would wear pyjamas?
Charming, scholarly, boisterously playful, thoroughly engaging. Benjamin Dreyer,
bestselling author of Dreyers English
English is home to a veritable menagerie of animal metaphors, similes, sayings,
adages, proverbs, idioms and rhymes, ranging from the commonsense to the utterly
absurd. From curious cats to mindless sheeple, lexicographer Jeremy Butterfield
takes a species-by-species safari through the English language in pursuit of its
most unusual animal idioms.
Learn how coots perfectly nice little birds become
- ISBN-13
- 9781836432432
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Oneworld
- Publishing Date
- 2026-11-05
- Total Pages
- 352
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Book Summary
About the Book: The Metaphor Zoo
Ever wondered why it rains cats and dogs? Why some are early birds and others
night owls? Or why on earth a cat would wear pyjamas?
Charming, scholarly, boisterously playful, thoroughly engaging. Benjamin Dreyer,
bestselling author of Dreyers English
English is home to a veritable menagerie of animal metaphors, similes, sayings,
adages, proverbs, idioms and rhymes, ranging from the commonsense to the utterly
absurd. From curious cats to mindless sheeple, lexicographer Jeremy Butterfield
takes a species-by-species safari through the English language in pursuit of its
most unusual animal idioms.
Learn how coots perfectly nice little birds become
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9781836432432
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Oneworld
- Publishing Date
- 2026-11-05
- Total Pages
- 352