Human beings rarely say exactly what they mean. The English language has evolved to embrace a dizzying array of linguistic tools that invite playful minds to introduce ambiguity and innuendo-and hilarity-into common parlance. In See What I'm Saying? Jim Westergard does just that, illustrating idioms with a series of exquisitely detailed engravings. Through these images, Westergard will insist you `keep an open mind' and admonish you not to `turn a blind eye' to the origin and evolution of colloquialisms. His visual ...
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Human beings rarely say exactly what they mean. The English language has evolved to embrace a dizzying array of linguistic tools that invite playful minds to introduce ambiguity and innuendo-and hilarity-into common parlance. In See What I'm Saying? Jim Westergard does just that, illustrating idioms with a series of exquisitely detailed engravings. Through these images, Westergard will insist you `keep an open mind' and admonish you not to `turn a blind eye' to the origin and evolution of colloquialisms. His visual interpretations are truly as `rare as hens' teeth', as he might suggest himself-or he'll be `a monkey's uncle'.
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