From National Geographic Books by Jag Bhalla

1,000 funny and intriguing expressions from around the world. These odd sayings, say a lot about the cultures they come from. They also say a lot about how odd the human mind can be.






Selected media coverage:

Entertainment Weekly "Hilarious compendium... Grade A" read hear
NPR All Things Considered "An Enchanting Tour" listen and read here
NPR The Splendid Table on the food chapter listen and read here
PRI "A Banquet of foreign idioms" listen here
Guardian "On the joys of idioms" read here
Guardian quiz read here
National Post "Language addiction & semantic ambush” read here

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