We Had Another Quiet Day,

so a good time to read a few pages from a couple of books,

and what better to while away a few hours than reading a selection of the origins of the phrases we use every day, the book in question is, Red Herrings and White Elephants, I am sure there are a number of phrases that we all use that the origins of are unknown to us, phrases like, bold as brass, cock and bull, off the cuff, stone deaf,  lock, stock and barrel and others, well in this book all will be explained, it is the sort of book that reading in one sitting gets well a bit boring, but picking it up every once and awhile results in a few smiles as common phrases are explained.