The Origins of Some of Our Favorite Expressions
Every year about this time my son asks me what my favorite Christmas gift was and this year it came from a very unfamiliar place; my mother-in-law. That’s not to say that my mother-in-law gives lousy gifts; it’s that she hardly ever gives me a gift at all, which is okay since she concentrates on my wife and the kids. So knowing that, I was really surprised to open a small package to find a book called, “I Didn’t Know That – Why We Say the Things We Say” Volume 1, a fun little book written by Karlen Evins.
Ms. Evins has done the research into many of our favorite little sayings such as “Lame Duck”, “No Bones About It” and many more. I like books that give me a good deal of information in a compact space so I can get the information without having to read a lot of fluff. The author has certainly done it with this book and I highly recommend it for either a quick, fun read or to have handy when you just have a minute or two of time to kill. It will enlighten you about some of your vocabulary an entice you to buy Volume II and other books written by Karlen Evins. I just hope my mother-in-law is reading this for next year.