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      Indonesian

       Idioms and

       Expressions

      Indonesian

       Idioms and

       Expressions

      Colloquial Indonesian at Work

      Christopher Torchia

      TUTTLE PUBLISHING

       Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore

      Published in 2007 by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of

       Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offices at

       364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, Vermont 05759 USA and

       61 Tai Seng Avenue, #02-12 Singapore 534167

      Copyright © 2007 by Christopher Torchia

      Front cover’s photo © Jill Gocher

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.

      LLC Card No.: 2006934300

       ISBN 13: 978-0-8048-3873-3

       ISBN 10: 0-8048-3873-9

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1650-4 (ebook)

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      Indonesia

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       Kawasan Industri Pulogadung

       JI. Rawa Gelam IV No. 9, Jakarta 13930

       Tel: (62) 21 4682-1088; Fax: (62) 21 461-0206

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      Contents

       Introduction

       Part 1: Life Forms

       1. Creatures

       2. Characters

       3. Body Language

       Part II: Power and Conflict

       4. Authoritarian Rule

       5. Money and Politics

       6. Protest Fever

       7. A History of Violence

       Part III: Tradition

       8. Faith and Fortune

       9. A Matter of Taste

       10. Family Affairs

       11. Wisdom

       Part IV: Modern Life

       12. Around Town

       13. Insults and the Underground

       14. Hanging Out

       Sources

      Introduction

      Diam seribu bahasa. Quiet in a thousand languages.

      A rough translation might be: The silence is deafening. It evokes barely repressed anger, or the haughty indifference of a beauty with many suitors.

      Nongkrong. This is a casual phrase, a reference to the Indonesian custom of hanging out, sometimes by squatting on the roadside.

      Mengadu nasib. Tempt fate. Countless Indonesians do this, converging on Jakarta in hopes of finding something better in life. Some succeed, many don’t.

      These and other idioms offer one

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