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The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense
Adam Sharp
linguistics, Humour, Slang & dialect humour, Humour collections & anthologies
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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)
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Praise for The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense
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Extremely entertaining and very useful for new insults - Russell Kane
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Brilliant, hilarious fun from a master wordsmith - you will LOVE this book - Kit de Waal
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Utter genius - Marian Keyes
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Expressions to describe Adam Sharp's brilliant book: the bee's knees, the gnat's spats, the ant's pants, the dove's gloves, the owl's jowls, the gnu's shoes, the llama's pyjamas, the ptarmigan's cardigan - Brian Bilston
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So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge recommendation - Richard Osman on The Correct Order of Biscuits
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The poet laureate of lists - John Mitchinson
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Sharp's collection of international linguistic imagery is a glorious gallimaufry of human nature at its most inventive. I love it - Jonathon Green, author of The Stories of Slang
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This book is both the bee's knees and the cat's pyjamas - Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon
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