I'm not hanging noodles on your ears and other intriguing idioms from around the world by Jag Bhalla
Author:Jag Bhalla [Jag Bhalla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Humour
ISBN: 9781426204586
Published: 2009-06-16T07:00:00+00:00
FIVE
To send oneâs five: to punch (French)
The fifth pine: far away (Spanish)
To be in the fifth sleep: to be fast asleep (Spanish, Mexico)
Five fires
Hindi: punishment, sitting in the sun in hot weather
The five supreme gods: a village court or tribunal (Hindi)
Five fires: punishment, sitting in the sun in hot weather (Hindi)
Dissolution [of the body] into its five constituents: death (Hindi)
SIX
All six vital organs failing: to be stupefied, stunned (Chinese)
Every sixth six months: once in a blue moon (Hindi)
Six doors: astonished, perplexed (Hindi)
Where six can eat, seven can eat: thereâs always room for one more (Spanish)
With three heads and six arms: a superman (Chinese)
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