So to Speak: 11,000 Expressions That'll Knock Your Socks Off By Shirley Kobliner

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Engage with everyday expressions in a completely different (and fun!) way, with this entertaining and interactive book of common phrases that can turn a humdrum gathering into a raucous game night.We use expressions and idioms all the time. When you feel sick, you’re “under the weather.” When you feel great, you’re “on top of the world.” But whether you’re a “smart cookie” or a tough one, you—and almost everyone you know—have a veritable smorgasbord of expressions stored deep in your brain. So to Speak: 11,000 Expressions That’ll Knock Your Socks Off is the largest collection of its kind. Thoughtfully divided into sixty-seven categories—from Animals to Food & Cooking, from Love to Politics, this reference guide may have more in common with an activity book! Don’t look for definitions and etymologies, because the book is just the beginning. So to Speak is the launchpad for your lifelong journey to explore the universe of expressions. In fact, it’s designed to get readers off the page—and engaging with each other through word games and puzzles. So to Speak spurs discussion, debate, and play, while encouraging the art of listening and celebrating the joy of words. Authors Shirley and Harold Kobliner spent more than half a century nurturing and teaching children. So to Speak is a reflection of their deeply held belief that regardless of a person’s age, the most impactful learning happens when you’re having fun. Whether it’s grandparents teaching their favorite expressions to their grandkids, teens helping adults with the latest lingo or slang, or millennials indulging in their love of wordplay and games, this is the perfect book for any lover of language.

At this time of writing, The Audiobook So to Speak: 11,000 Expressions That'll Knock Your Socks Off has garnered 9 customer reviews with rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Not a bad score at all as if you round it off, it’s actually a perfect TEN already. From the looks of that rating, we can say the Audiobook is Good TO READ!

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I am moved to wonder if the five-star reviewers and I inhabit the same universe. What is there to recommend about this book? People seem to be impressed by the quantity: gosh, 11,000 "expressions" -- that must have taken a lot of work.Well, yes, but whatever knowledge is contained in this book is only the Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man" kind. There are just lists of expressions. No meanings, no origins, just those endless lists. No synthesis, no added value whatsoever. The authors appear to think that their slightly whimsical choices of list headings is helpful. I did not find this to be the case.Let's browse the list of "animal" expressions... happy as a clam ... a fine kettle of fish ... like a salmon ... bear with me ... hide behind something ....See, I have a problem with this. Whatever you might feel about classifying "like a salmon" as a bona fide expression, it is clearly nonsensical to include the last two examples on a list of "animal" expressions. The nuance that the word "bear" can have entirely different meanings as a noun and a verb appears to sail right over the authors' heads. This is not a good sign.Nor is this an isolated instance. Elsewhere, a list entitled "Names and People" includes such entries as Adam's apple ... Faustian bargain ... a lost cause ... I'm with you ... sally forth .... peter out ...Bet you didn't know that those last two verbs are actually derived from those two Christian names! Yeah, me neither.The "Time and Age" list is where you will find the phrase 'spring up like mushrooms' because .... well, who knows really .. it appears to be because the authors make no distinction between the season and the verb 'spring''.If someone 'hails from' Chicago, well clearly that belongs on the "Weather" list.So, apart from the sheer tedium of those weirdly constituted lists, there is an inordinate degree of sloppiness under the surface. The surviving author attempts to pass this off as a feature rather than a bug, but he doesn't convince me. But then I am never going to trust someone who allows the solecism "get your just desserts" to get into print.Thirteen years of work. To what end? And for what intended audience? The author suggests the book will provide hours of rollicking fun with one's grandchildren. Heaven forfend!If you have any respect for those grandchildren, skip this dud, and buy them a copy of Garner's Modern English Usage instead.

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