A World of Wisdom

Fun and Unusual Phrases from Around the Globe

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Pub Date 28 Sep 2021 | Archive Date 07 Sep 2021

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Description

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!
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...

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ISBN 9781524861469
PRICE $14.99 (USD)
PAGES 208

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Featured Reviews

Love this! A must for every word nerd 5 to 105! This is a wonderfully light and fun exploration of idioms and proverbs across dozens of global languages. For as big as the world is, it's amazing how much we all come back to the same basic ideas.

The illustrations are bright, amusing, and lively and short notes about the provenance or historical/linguistic context of various phrases gives this valuable extra depth.

This would be a wonderful addition to elementary and middle school classroom and school libraries.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

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