Overview
""I’m not hanging noodles on your ears."" In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colourful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably ""Say what?"" The same idea in English is equally odd: ""I’m not pulling your leg."" Both mean: Believe me. As author Jag Bhalla demonstrates, these amusing, often hilarious phrases provide a unique perspective on how different cultures perceive and describe the world. Organized by theme—food, love, romance, and many more—they embody cultural traditions and attitudes, capture linguistic nuance, and shed fascinating light on ""the whole ball of wax."" For example, when English-speakers are hard at work, we’re ""nose to the grindstone,"" but industrious Chinese toil ""with liver and brains spilled on the ground"" and busy Indians have ""no time to die."" This surprising, often thought-provoking little tome is gift-friendly in appearance, a perfect impulse buy for word lovers, travelers, and anyone else who enjoys looking at life in a riotous, unusual way. And we’re not hanging noodles from your ear.
Full Product Details
Author: Bhalla Jag
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Imprint: National Geographic Society
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 17.40cm
Weight: 0.236kg
ISBN: 9781426204586
ISBN 10: 1426204582
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 16 June 2009
Recommended Age: From 11 to 17 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
An amusing look at cultural similarities --Will Safire , New York Times <br><br> A delightful celebration of the wit, insight, and poetic genius to be found in everyday language --Steven Pinker, Harvard University Professor and author of The Stuff of Thought
An amusing look at cultural similarities --Will Safire, New York Times A delightful celebration of the wit, insight, and poetic genius to be found in everyday language --Steven Pinker, Harvard University Professor and author of The Stuff of Thought
An amusing look at cultural similarities --Will Safire , New York Times A delightful celebration of the wit, insight, and poetic genius to be found in everyday language --Steven Pinker, Harvard University Professor and author of The Stuff of Thought
Author Information
An Oxford-educated technology entrepreneur and business and marketing specialist, Jag Bhalla holds five master's degrees. He co-produced the feature-length documentary ""Voices in Wartime."" He is an avid traveller who, in the course of his enterprises and global adventures, has meticulously collected idioms for I'm Not Hanging Noodles from Your Ear.
