Name: Expressions. The Meaning Behind the Madness (en Inglés)
SKU: 67431470
Price: 66684.00 COP
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Author: Seth Blanken
ISBN: 9798257731945

portada Expressions. The Meaning Behind the Madness (en Inglés)

Expressions. The Meaning Behind the Madness (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Independently published

Autor

Seth Blanken

Año

2026

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

28x21.6x0.2 cm

ISBN13

9798257731945

Expressions. The Meaning Behind the Madness (en Inglés)

Seth Blanken (Autor) · Independently published · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Expressions. The Meaning Behind the Madness (en Inglés)"

Welcome to the World Behind the Words
Language is a strange and wonderful thing.
Every day, we casually toss around phrases like "play it by ear," "roll with it," or "big fish in a small pond" without stopping to think about how bizarre they actually are. If you take them literally, they make almost no sense. Fish don't worry about career growth. People aren't actually playing music with their ears. And no one, thankfully, is raining cats and dogs from the sky.
Yet somehow, these expressions stick. They survive generations, cross cultures, and become part of how we explain the world to each other.
This book exists to pull back the curtain on those phrases.
Each expression you'll find here has been brought to life not just through explanation, but through bold, comic-style imagery. The visuals lean into the absurdity, exaggeration, and humor behind the words because sometimes the best way to understand an expression is to see just how ridiculous it really is. What happens when you actually picture someone "flying by the seat of their pants"? Or imagine a literal "big fish" trying to dominate a tiny office cubicle?
The result is a collection that's part language guide, part visual satire, and part reminder that communication has always been a little unhinged.
But beneath the humor, there's something deeper.
Expressions are shortcuts. They carry history, culture, and shared understanding in just a few words. Some come from ancient trades, others from war, music, sports, or pure human creativity. They reflect how people once lived and, in many ways, how we still think today.
So, whether you're here to learn, laugh, or just appreciate how strange everyday language can be, you're in the right place.
Just don't overthink it.
Or better yet... play it by ear.