We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding of the origin of these common phrases. Opening Pandora's Box provides a useful introduction to classical mythology as well as giving an insight into our language.
How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? And what do chips on shoulders have to do with inferiority complexes? Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas provides us with the meanings of these well-worn and much-loved phrases by putting these linguistic quirks in context, and explaining how and why they were first used.
