An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work (I Used to Know That ...)
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Caroline Taggart (Author)
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Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?
Can beggars be choosers?
Is it always better late than never?
Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement and are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings, or indeed, usefulness. In An Apple A Day Caroline Taggart explores the truth behind our favourite proverbs, their history and whether they offer any genuine help to the recipient.
Did you know that The Old Testament has an entire book devoted to proverbs? Or that 'a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' is a proverb from falconry that dates back to the Middle Ages? Many proverbs are still in use today, including the very famous 'slow and steady wins the race', which derives from one of the many fables of Aesop.
Lighthearted but authoritative, An Apple A Day proves that proverbs are as useful today as they ever were.
About the Author
Caroline Taggart is the bestselling author of I Used to Know That and, in the same series, A Classical Education and An Apple a Day. She also co-wrote My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?). Her other books include Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English, The Book of English Place Names and The Book of London Place Names. She also appears frequently on radio and TV giving her opinion on such subjects as whether or not there should be an apostrophe in Druids Cross and, if so, where it should go.
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- Contributor: Caroline Taggart
- Imprint: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781782430094
- Number of Pages: 192
- Packaged Dimensions: 129x198mm
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
- Release Date: 2013-04-04
- Series: I Used to Know That ...
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Caroline Taggart is the bestselling author of I Used to Know That and, in the same series, A Classical Education and An Apple a Day. She also co-wrote My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?). Her other books include Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English, The Book of English Place Names and The Book of London Place Names. She also appears frequently on radio and TV giving her opinion on such subjects as whether or not there should be an apostrophe in Druids Cross and, if so, where it should go.
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