Myths, Legends and Peruvian Stories (Mitos, Leyendas y Cuentos Peruanos)Selections and Notes by José María Arguedas and Francisco Izquierdo RíosCosta – Leyenda (Coast – Myth) 020. The Headless Priest (El Cura Sin Cabeza) Collected in Tambo, District of the Province of Islay, Department of Arequipa, by Esther Barreto, a fourth year high school student at…
Month: March 2025
Sān cùn bù làn zhī shé (三寸不爛之舌 – 三寸不烂之舌)
三寸不爛之舌 (Sān cùn bù làn zhī shé)(1) To have a silver tongue(2) To have the gift of the gab(3) An all-pursuasive tongue From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=1331 The tongue is the main organ for [facilitating] speech and is about three cuns long. People in ancient time used “Three-cun tongue (三寸舌)” or “Tongue of three cuns (三寸之舌)” to indicate…