SHAGGY DOGS AND BLACK SHEEP

Luckily we have Albert Jack. After the enormous success of Red Herrings and White Elephants, he continued his search around the world, exploring the origins of hundreds more sayings. The rich sources he unearthed range from the navy, army and law to confidence tricksters and highwaymen, from ancient civilizations to music halls and pubs. Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep is a compellingly readable, highly enlightening look at the phrases we use all the time but rarely consider. Read it and you'll never speak, or even think, English in the same way again.