See What I'm Saying?
Author | : Jim Westergard |
Publisher | : The Porcupine's Quill |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2018-09-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780889848566 |
ISBN-13 | : 0889848564 |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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’.