The Languid Goat Is Always Thin: The World's Strangest Proverbs - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0740727354 ISBN 13: 9780740727351

Casa editrice: Andrews McMeel Pub, 2002

Riassunto

Proverbs take a different spin in The Languid Goat Is Always Thin. This entertaining volume gathers folkloric sayings from around the world. Sometimes wise, sometimes daft, mostly incomprehensibly peculiar, the proverbs in The Languid Goat will have readers shaking their heads in amusement. Some examples:o With patience and saliva the ant swallows the elephant. -Columbiano Badly cut hair is two men's shame. -Danisho There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result be twins. -ChineseFrom Ethiopia to China to France, countries around the world weigh in with their bizarre proverbs. This outlandish collection will delight readers with its wonderfully warped wisdom. Proverbs take a different spin in The Languid Goat Is Always Thin. This entertaining volume gathers folkloric sayings from around the world. Sometimes wise, sometimes daft, mostly incomprehensibly peculiar, the proverbs in The Languid Goat will have readers shaking their heads in amusement. Some examples:o With patience and saliva the ant swallows the elephant. -Columbiano Badly cut hair is two men's shame. -Danisho There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result be twins. -ChineseFrom Ethiopia to China to France, countries around the world weigh in with their bizarre proverbs. This outlandish collection will delight readers with its wonderfully warped wisdom.

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L'autore:

Originally published in October 2001 by Prion Books Ltd. in the U.K., both Do Unto Others . . . Then Run and The Languid Goat Is Always Thin quickly sold out and were rushed back into print.

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• Editore: Andrews McMeel Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0740727354
• ISBN 13: 9780740727351
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192