A dictionary that aims to explain the etymology of expressions such as "hand over fist", "take a rain-check" and "don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs".
Nigel Rees is the author of over 50 books, including the Cassell Dictionary of Humorous Quotations and the Cassell Companion to Quotations. He is the deviser and presenter of BBC Radio's Quote...Unquote, through which he has become an authority on the popular use of language in slogans, catchphrases, cliche