Adam Sharp
The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense
The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense
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A humorous journey through idioms, proverbs, and general nonsense, "Know Your Tater Trap From Your Sniffle Herring" is a perfect gift for Christmas. It offers unusual insults from around the world, such as "You are a potato with the face of a guinea pig" and "You're going as slow as molasses in January."
Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Know your tater trap from your sniffle herring in Sharp's journey around the world in idioms, proverbs, and general nonsense - the perfect gift for Christmas.
Brilliant, hilarious fun from a master wordsmith - you will LOVE this book!
Kit de Waal
Extremely entertaining and very useful for new insults.
Russell Kane
Utter genius.
Marian Keyes
Brilliant.
Brian Bilston
Join wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journeys around the world in idioms, proverbs, and general nonsense. Learn unusual insults from France (You are a potato with the face of a guinea pig), how to hurry someone up in the US (You're going as slow as molasses in January), and what they call a shark in Vietnam (fat fish).
Full of fascinating, ridiculous, and hilarious translations from around the world, Adam has rounded up the very best of what every corner of the globe has to offer.
Let's get this show on the road! Or: Let's saddle the chickens! (German)
On with the butter! (Icelandic)
Forward with the goat! (Dutch)
Weight: 282g
Dimension: 135 x 206 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398715929
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