2023年4月26日 · Take the OK sign — the simple hand signal where you put your thumb and first finger together to create a circular shape. In the U.S. we use it to convey agreement and compliance. Yet it is seen as offensive in Greece, Spain, and Brazil. In those countries, it means that you are calling someone an a**hole.

2024年6月11日 · In today’s article, I’ve compiled a list of 10 rude hand gestures you need to avoid at all costs (unless you enjoy visiting hospital emergency rooms!). In this article, you’ll find: The A-Ok; The Moutza; The Forks; Mano Fico; Corna; Dog Call; Crossing Fingers; Five Fathers; The Cutis; El Tacaño; Let’s get started… Rude Hand Gestures ...

2025年1月31日 · Sometimes these cross-cultural mix ups can be harmless or funny, but other times, you might accidentally offend or provoke someone without even knowing a thing. Today, we're taking a look at 30 gestures that Americans use that mean wildly different things in other countries. Originally "v" stood for "victory."

2019年1月5日 · Some hand gestures that are innocent in the United States are offensive in other countries. The thumbs up, the "OK" sign, and crossing your fingers are all examples of gestures that are vulgar...

2015年3月24日 · In some places, gestures that we use on a daily basis in the U.S. to portray positive emotion or agreement, for example, might mean something highly offensive in a foreign land. Take the OK sign...

2024年7月26日 · In the West, there are gestures we use without a second thought because we know they won’t offend, but you need to be careful when abroad. What’s acceptable in one culture is highly offensive in another, so here are 18 gestures that are best avoided.

2024年11月5日 · Want to make sure you don’t find yourself making an accidentally insulting, inappropriate or even obscene hand gesture? You’re in the right place. We asked Morrison, Goss and business etiquette...

2024年10月8日 · Check out these 15 offensive gestures and body language in different cultutures and let us know about your own culture! 1. The middle finger. A classic in Western culture, the middle finger tells somebody to go take a hike. Other synonyms for this gesture are “giving someone the bird”, “giving someone the finger” or “flipping someone off”.

It's not just the middle finger that can offend, many of the everyday hand signals that seem harmless in your home country can carry entirely different meanings elsewhere. Here are 20 offensive...

2019年7月2日 · Many are not international, and it can be easy to cause offence by punctuating words with gestures that are benign in one’s home country, but translate as offensive in another country. A significant amount of information is communicated …