The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead

By: Adam Sharp

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Hardcover | 19 December 2023 | Edition Number 1

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224 Pages

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Know your tater trap from your sniffle herring in Sharp's journey around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense - the perfect gift for Christmas

Join wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journeys around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense. Learn unusual insults from France (You are a potato with the face of a guinea pig ), how to hurry someone up in the US (You're going as slow as molasses in January ) and what they call a shark in Vietnam (fat fish).

Full of fascinating, ridiculous and hilarious translations from around the world, Adam has rounded up the very best of what every corner of the globe has to offer.

Let's get this show on the road! Or:
Let's saddle the chickens! (German)
On with the butter! (Icelandic)
Forward with the goat! (Dutch)

About the Author

Adam is originally from Manchester but has moved around often (he's not very good at staying still). Some of the places he's lived are as follows:

8. London
7. Melbourne
6. Sydney
5. Queensland
4. The Channel Islands
3. The Canary Islands
2. Nashville
1. Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Industry Reviews

Extremely entertaining and very useful for new insults - Russell Kane

Brilliant, hilarious fun from a master wordsmith - you will LOVE this book - Kit de Waal

Utter genius - Marian Keyes

Expressions to describe Adam Sharp's brilliant book: the bee's knees, the gnat's spats, the ant's pants, the dove's gloves, the owl's jowls, the gnu's shoes, the llama's pyjamas, the ptarmigan's cardigan - Brian Bilston

So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge recommendation - Richard Osman on The Correct Order of Biscuits

The poet laureate of lists - John Mitchinson

Sharp's collection of international linguistic imagery is a glorious gallimaufry of human nature at its most inventive. I love it - Jonathon Green, author of The Stories of Slang

This book is both the bee's knees and the cat's pyjamas - Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon

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