{"product_id":"holy-cow-boze-hadleigh-9781632205575","title":"Holy Cow!: Doggerel, Catnaps, Scapegoats, Foxtrots, and Horse Feathers--Splendid Animal Words and Phrases","description":"We love animals but insult humans by calling them everything from weasels or pigs to sheep, mice, chickens, sharks, snakes, and bird-brains. Animal epithets, words, and phrases are so widespread we often take them for granted or remain ignorant of the fascinating stories and facts behind them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning the entire animal kingdom, \u003ci\u003eHoly Cow \u003c\/i\u003e explains: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why hot dogs are named after canines. Why people talk turkey or go cold turkey.\u003cbr\u003e Why curiosity killed the cat, although dogs are more curious about us.\u003cbr\u003e Why letting the cat out of the bag originally referred to a duped shopper.\u003cbr\u003e What a horse of another color is, what horsefeathers politely alludes to, why a mule is a lady's slipper, and what horseradish has to do with horses.\u003cbr\u003e Why the combination of humans and cows probably led to capitalism--its name from Latin for head, as in heads of cows.\u003cbr\u003e Why holy cow and sacred cow have almost opposite meanings.\u003cbr\u003e Whether people actually chewed the fat or ate crow (and why it's a crowbar).\u003cbr\u003e How a hog became a motorcycle and a chick a young woman.\u003cbr\u003e What happens to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. What buck has to do with being naked. Why the birds and the bees. \u003cbr\u003e Why a piggy bank and why one feeds the kitty.\u003cbr\u003e What lame ducks have to do with U.S. presidents.\u003cbr\u003e How red herring came about via activists opposed to fox hunting.\u003cbr\u003e Where snake oil, popular in the 1800s and rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, came from.\u003cbr\u003e That the proverbial fly in the ointment goes back to the Bible's Ecclesiastes (10:1).\u003cbr\u003e How Swiss watchmakers created teensy-weensy coaches for fleas to pull in flea circuses.\u003cbr\u003e And much--much --more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDon't be a lame duck and get this book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boze Hadleigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632205572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632205575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Boze Hadleigh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939455893759,"sku":"9781632205575","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d5732949-0ab3-4c7f-8321-f356d988f4c6.jpg?v=1681441598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/holy-cow-boze-hadleigh-9781632205575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}