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"I’m not dangling crackers in your ears." In Moscow, this interested, engagingly vibrant declaration is popular parlance, but until you’re Euro your response is most likely "Say what?" Exactly the same concept in Language is similarly peculiar: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both imply: Think me.As writer Jag Bhalla shows, these humorous, frequently entertaining terms give an unique perspective how different cultures understand and describe the planet. Structured by several more—they, love, relationship, and theme—food seize linguistic nuance, incorporate social perceptions and customs, and shed intriguing light on "the entire ball of wax." For instance, when English-speakers are tough at the office, we’re "nose to the grindstone," but diligent Oriental toil "with liver and heads built on the floor" and hectic Indians have "virtually no time to die."If you’re currently proficient in 10 languages, you most likely won’t require this guide, but you’ll "obtain a kick-out of it" anyway; for the remainder people, it’s essential. Either way, this astonishing, frequently thought-provoking little tome is present-pleasant in features, an ideal impulse-buy for word enthusiasts, tourists, and other people who likes taking a look at living in a riotous, uncommon way. And we’re not dangling crackers from your own hearing.