It's Raining Cats and Dogs and Other Beastly Expressions

This book consists of more than 1,000 animal expressions in everyday language and where they came from. Do you have "an eagle eye" for a bargain? Have you ever been "hounded" by a "loan shark" or hustled by a "pool shark?" Here you can get the lowdown on the fox trot, puppy love, monkeyshines, cowlicks, Cub Scouts, bulls and bears, jaywalkers, gift horses, white elephants, and jailbirds. You may never let "sleeping dogs lie" again.

This book consists of more than 1,000 animal expressions in everyday language and where they came from. Do you have "an eagle eye" for a bargain? Have you ever been "hounded" by a "loan shark" or hustled by a "pool shark?" Here you can get the lowdown on the fox trot, puppy love, monkeyshines, cowlicks, Cub Scouts, bulls and bears, jaywalkers, gift horses, white elephants, and jailbirds. You may never let "sleeping dogs lie" again.

Christine Ammer has written several dozen popular reference books, about women's health, music, and especially language. Her print books include the New A to Z of Women's Health, Facts on File Dictionary of Music, Unsung: A History of Women in American Music, American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, and Facts on File Dictionary of Cliches. Her e-books are Seeing Red or Tickled Pink, Southpaws and Sunday Punches, and Fruitcakes and Couch Potatoes.