What a Wonderful Phrase: A collection of amazing idioms from around the world is a fun, educational, and more importantly interesting book about phrases that are well known from around the world. Most English-speaking people know phrases such as ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ or ‘Hit the sack’ but have you ever heard of – ‘To be a Blue Flower’?

Within this book, you will find idioms that are well known in French, German, Korean, Persian, Spanish, and many more. Some of the idioms were easy to decipher, whilst others I needed the explanation below to help me understand what they meant.

Included are phrases such as the Swedish saying ‘There’s no Cow on the Ice’ meaning ‘There’s no Rush’, and ‘To Comb the Giraffe’ which in France means ‘To Waste Time on Something Pointless’.

Each double-page gives you the idiom in English. Above that is how it is written in the language it comes from and a breakdown of how to say the phrase. It then tells you what language it comes from, what the translation is, and a detailed summary of what the idiom actually means and where it comes from. There are also amazing illustrations showing a representation of the idiom.

I love learning and so this book, even though a children’s book, taught me a lot in an interesting and engaging manner. This is a book for children who crave knowledge. It is easy to understand and written in a way that doesn’t feel like you are being educated.