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To Hang Noodles on the Ears

by Peter15 | Nov 9, 2019 | idioms | 0 |

вешать лапшу на уши veshat’ lapshu na ushi I came across this phrase when googling for the Russian word for lying about something when everyone knows what’s being said is a lie. This came up in relation to...

تثقيف tath-qeef

by Peter15 | Nov 3, 2019 | Words | 0 |

This is the Arabic word for education or culture. It is formed of three root letters : tha, qif...

Mennta

by Peter15 | Oct 15, 2019 | Words | 0 |

I was puzzled when an energy training program suddenly took this name, but I found out that “mennta” is actually the Icelandic word for to educate or to train. I couldn’t find an exact etymology of the word...