Book description
Why would Germans accuse you of being like the donkey getting cross
with a rabbit? Who would a Spaniard tell to go and fry asparagus? And
when might the French claim they are without a radish?
Furthering your knowledge of the world s unusual idioms, Toujours
Tingo will also explain how ordering lamb in Ethiopia may
see a cow delivered to your table, and how politicians in Sweden may
be encouraged occasionally to g ra en hel Pudel ( do a full
poodle ) with some humble apologising. Covering such wide-ranging
linguistic necessities as arguing, raising children, working and
dining out, and filling all those gaps that English leaves
thoughtlessly unplugged, this book s charm would for Russians at
least be e iku ponjatno (obvious even to a hedgehog).
