Linguistic Mysteries: The Origin of “Red Herring” Was A Red Herring
With the plethora of mysteries in genre, lately, we’ve seen a lot of red herrings on screen. Were you aware that, for a long time, the origin of the phrase “red herring” was itself a red herring? We’ll tell you where the phrase really comes from. The phrase “red herring” is, in general, a literary…
