_Martin Schneider writes_:

Emdashes is delighted to be giving away a copy of _I’m Not Hanging Noodles On Your Ears_, a book on idioms by “Jag Bhalla”:http://www.hangingnoodles.com/, illustrated by _New Yorker_ cartoonist Julia Suits (who drew the funny picture above).
We recently “reviewed”:http://emdashes.com/2009/08/hanging-noodles.php Bhalla’s delightful book, which amuses and educates. The book is a great addition to lovers of both language and cartoons, and we guarantee that you’ll love _Hanging Noodles_. We know that you crave this book, or as the Chinese say, have _spittle that’s three feet long_ for this book.
Here are the rules: There are two ways you can enter. One is to drop us an “e-mail”:mailto:martin@emdashes.com, with the subject line “**My favorite idiom**”; include your favorite idiom, your full name, and your mailing address in the body of the e-mail.
The other way is to retweet our message about this contest on Twitter; our username is @emdashes, if you’re not already following us.
Please mention your favorite idiom in the tweet, too.
We’ll accept all entries until 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on Friday, **September 30**, and then the Random Number Generator will deliver its negative verdict to every entrant save one.
Good luck to all of you! As the Russians say, _each vegetable has its own time_ (“every dog has its day”).