Three Sheets to the Wind: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions
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Our maritime history is the source of an astounding amount of common words and expressions. An amusing compilation that explains the nautical origins of popular English terms, "Three Sheets to the Wind: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions" offers 200 nautically inspired phrases and idioms, making it the ideal book for etymology enthusiasts, factophiles, dreamers of the ocean, and the naturally curious. These excerpts show how these literary titans strived for these kinds of language in their beloved works of classic literature. When someone says they are "pooped" because they stayed till the "bitter end" of "happy hour," we often hear words from the sailors utilized in our daily conversation.
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Our maritime history is the source of an astounding amount of common words and expressions. An amusing compilation that explains the nautical origins of popular English terms, "Three Sheets to the Wind: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions" offers 200 nautically inspired phrases and idioms, making it the ideal book for etymology enthusiasts, factophiles, dreamers of the ocean, and the naturally curious. These excerpts show how these literary titans strived for these kinds of language in their beloved works of classic literature. When someone says they are "pooped" because they stayed till the "bitter end" of "happy hour," we often hear words from the sailors utilized in our daily conversation.