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provide[s] informative and entertaining browsing, depicting how filled our language is with sports metaphors, many of whose derivations are little known: `the devil to pay,' `hazard a guess,' `red herring,' etc.



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Preface Key to Works Cited The Dictionary Classification of Metaphors According to Sport Index

Sports Talk

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    A Hardback by Robert Palmatier, Harold Ray

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      Publisher: ABC-CLIO
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/24/1989 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780313264269, 978-0313264269
      ISBN10: 0313264260
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      provide[s] informative and entertaining browsing, depicting how filled our language is with sports metaphors, many of whose derivations are little known: `the devil to pay,' `hazard a guess,' `red herring,' etc.



      Table of Contents
      Preface Key to Works Cited The Dictionary Classification of Metaphors According to Sport Index

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