A brightly illustrated comic guide to sayings and expressions from around the world, comparing the ways different cultures interpret the same ideas.You might say that an annoying person is called ‚;a bad apple, ‚ but Venezuelans would call them ‚;a pineapple under the arm.‘ On a wet day, you might think ‚;it’s raining cats and dogs, ‚ but the rest of the world has some different ideas on what’s falling from the sky. This book looks at the unique ways different languages express common ideas like ‚;too many cooks spoil the broth‘ and getting stuck ‚;between a rock and a hard place, ‚ as well as unique sayings about cats, beards, dancing, and much, much more. With over 330 illustrated phrases from Vietnam to Venezuela, A World of Wisdom is a fun and funny guide to all the phrases you might ever need!
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