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Paperback Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans Book
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ISBN: 0071460837

ISBN13: 9780071460835

Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans

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How King Midas's touch became golden and other stories behind everyday phrases, idioms, and literary allusions

Finding silver would not spark the same excitement if all a prospector could say was, "There it is " nor would anyone be menacing with the moniker "Arthur the Somewhat Disgruntled." But thanks to thousands of years of evolving language, we have words and phrases like "Eureka " and "Attila the Hun" that bring color and vibrancy...

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