âYou Ate My Earsâ is an illustrated anthology of 60 idioms from around the world: those weird, wonderful, and sometimes rude expressions that are nonsensical unless youâre a native speaker of the language of origin. Idioms such as âStop ironing my headâ or âLike an angel peeing on your tongueâ inspire Vitorovich to create âliteralâ illustrations that capture the cheeky and inventive and often bizarre ways of communicating in each culture. The idea emerged last summer when the artist visited her grandparents in Belgrade, where she discovered a book on Serbian idioms. She and her...