From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Is there a book that cross-references equivalent idioms between different   
   languages?   
      
   for example   
   like a fish out of water   
   is in French   
   like a fish upon the straw   
      
   and   
   a knife in the back   
   is in Chinese languages   
   wounded by a sniper's arrow   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)