Terminator (model T-800, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is about to leave a gas station convenience store (taking goods out) when the clerk, worried and a little bit angry, tell him: "Hey, are you gonna pay for that?". And the robotic tough guy replies: "Talk to the hand!".
I don't know about you, but the first time I've heard that expression (check out its meaning here) was in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Nobody talks to hands, of course, but we can talk with our hands (and I'm not referring to sign language).
Some gestures are rapidly understood in many countries because they have the same meaning, regardless the nationality or slight cultural differences (well, at least in the West). A few nods are immediately comprehensible as soon as someone make them. Thumb up is a positive thing in any place, I guess, and all of us know that a index finger in front of someone's puckered mouth is asking for silence.
However, some gestures of certain countries are so peculiar that it's necessary explain them. Take a look at this enjoyable Babbel's video about 7 common brazilian gesticulations (I make them - except the last one - all the time, it's true!).
I don't know about you, but the first time I've heard that expression (check out its meaning here) was in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Nobody talks to hands, of course, but we can talk with our hands (and I'm not referring to sign language).
Some gestures are rapidly understood in many countries because they have the same meaning, regardless the nationality or slight cultural differences (well, at least in the West). A few nods are immediately comprehensible as soon as someone make them. Thumb up is a positive thing in any place, I guess, and all of us know that a index finger in front of someone's puckered mouth is asking for silence.
However, some gestures of certain countries are so peculiar that it's necessary explain them. Take a look at this enjoyable Babbel's video about 7 common brazilian gesticulations (I make them - except the last one - all the time, it's true!).
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