HOG ON ICE and Other Curious Expressions
Harper Colophon Books 1985. 214 sid. Drawings by Tom Funk. Fine copy.
When our grandparents said of a person that he was "as independence as a hog on ice," why did they mean that he was confident and self-assured? How did the expression "a wild-goose chase" originate? Did you know that people used to "let the cat out of the bag" literally?
Charles Earle Funk (1881-1957) was editor-in-chief of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary Series.
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