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The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead - Adam Sharp

15 Oct 2024 19:00

Join wordsmith Adam Sharp for a show blending stand-up and excerpts from latest book 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), hurrying someone in the US (You’re going as slow as molasses in January)  and other fascinating, hilarious translations.  So let’s get this show on the road! Or…Let’s saddle the chickens! (German) Forward with the goat! (Dutch)

Adam has a following of 50k+ language enthusiasts on X and is author of The Correct Order of Biscuits and The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead 

 ‘Brilliant, hilarious fun – you will LOVE this book’ – Kit de Waal

‘Extremely entertaining and very useful for new insults’ – Russell Kane

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