by Claude Duneton · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253027041
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«La Puce à l'oreille» is Claude Duneton's anthology of popular French expressions, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback.
The author explores why in French one says «ne pas être dans son assiette» to mean feeling unwell or «passer l’arme à gauche» for dying, and explains the origin of these and other sayings. It is not a dictionary but a first-person narrative, erudite and entertaining, that traces the history of French expressions.
The 2002 French edition has 506 pages and corresponds to number 5516 in the Le Livre de Poche collection.
Reading for those curious about the French language who want to know where sayings and idioms come from.
