If you've ever let your hair down to spend a weekend painting the town red, spilled the beans instead of minding your own beeswax, or grumbled about bigwigs who pass the buck while the little guy pays through the nose, you'll get a kick out of learning "the true stories behind the English language's 64 most popular idioms." Cheeky line drawings illustrate each idiomatic explanation, for a jaunty linguistic lesson that readers and language lovers of every ilk are sure to enjoy… and we're not just pulling your leg!