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Field Guide to Sports Metaphors : A Compendium of Competitive Words and Idioms by Josh Chetwynd (2016, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPotter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-101607748118
ISBN-139781607748113
eBay Product ID (ePID)215962512
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameField Guide to Sports Metaphors : a Compendium of Competitive Words and Idioms
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGrammar & Punctuation, Référence, Popular Culture, Rhetoric, History, Word Lists, Linguistics / General
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
AuthorJosh Chetwynd
Subject AreaRéférence, Sports & Recreation, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length7.1 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-031726
Reviews"Fascinating, informative and hugely entertaining. This is a book I will return to again and again." --BILL BRYSON, author of A Walk in the Woods and A Short History of Nearly Everything ""Josh Chetwynd's study underscores the enormous influence that sports have had on our language ... Chetwynd's accomplishment is ... his easy style, engaging storytelling, and charming tone, which moves from high to low culture faster than an Allen Iverson crossover dribble." --CHRISTOPHER J. SCALIA, The Weekly Standard, "Fascinating, informative and hugely entertaining. This is a book I will return to again and again." --Bill Bryson "I'd like to throw my hat in the ring. Now FIGHT, hats! Fight!" --Conan O'Brien
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal808/.032
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 Part 1. Team Sports 1. BASEBALL 7 2. BASKETBALL 43 3. FOOTBALL 55 4. HOCKEY 73 5. SOCCER 81 Part 2. Individual Sports 6. AUTO RACING 89 7. BILLIARDS (POOL) 95 8. BOWLING 103 9. BOXING 107 10. GOLF 129 11. HORSE RACING 137 12. TENNIS 163 13. TRACK AND FIELD (RUNNING) 169 14. WRESTLING 179
SynopsisA gift-worthy playbook of common and unexpected words and idioms that have their roots in sports and games. There are many metaphors we can quickly identify from the realm of sports: covering all the bases (baseball), game plan (football), and par for the course (golf). But the English language is also peppered with the not-so-obvious influence of sports and games, such as go-to guy (basketball) and dead ringer (horse racing). Filled with pithy entries on each idiom, plus quotes showing how big talkers from President Obama to rapper Ice-T use them, this quirky little handbook from former minor league ballplayer and award-winning journalist Josh Chetwynd is sure to be a conversation starter at tailgates, cocktail parties, and in the boardroom., The language of sports resonates beyond the grass and dirt of the local ball field because it is so evocative. The gridiron as a battlefield, the quarterback as the man in charge--these concepts slip seamlessly into the words of everyone from politicians to businesspeople. There are many metaphors we can quickly identify from the realm of recreation- ballpark figure (baseball), being caught flat footed (boxing) or having the inside track (horse racing) are all examples. But the English language is also peppered with not-so-obvious instances of sports and games influence like stymie (golf) and shoo-in (horse racing). Filled with pithy little entries on each idiom, plus quotes showing how the likes of President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, and Donald Trump use them in a sentence, this quirky little handbook is sure to be a conversation starter at tailgates, cocktail parties, and in the boardroom.
LC Classification NumberPE1689.C53 2016
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