A Dictionary of Animal Names and Expressions Used Figuratively by Modern Francophone Authors

Hold it. Did that author really use the word rat as an endearment? What does that character really mean by barking Merci, mon chien to a rude waiter? Using nearly 4,500 citations, illustrative quotations and examples, Foley (modern languages, U. of Strathclyde) lists 325 zoonyms (animal names) that have lent themselves to idiomatic expressions, m