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图例 |
命名 |
含义 |
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the ring gesture |
In America it means OK. It's great!. |
| In Japan it means money. |
| In France it means zero or worthless. |
| In Tunisia it means I'll kill you! |
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the single finger beckon |
In America it simply means 'Come here'. |
| In Yugoslavia and Malaysia it is only used for beckoning animals. |
| In Indonesia and Australia it is used for beckoning prostitutes, i.e. 'ladies of the night'. |
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the thumbs-up sign |
In Britain it means OK and is also used as a sign for hitch-hiking. |
| In Greece, however, it is an insult. |
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the ear-tug |
In Spain it means someone is a sponger, i.e. using other people's money and never spending his own. (Called a 'sponger' because he soaks up other people's money like a sponge soaks up water.) |
| In Greece it is a warning. |
| In Italy it is used to call someone a homosexual. |
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the eyelid-pull |
In France and Greece it means 'You can't fool me!' |
| In Spain and Italy it means that you should be alert. |
| To a South American it means he finds a woman very attractive. |
