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" American Indians had countless different languages, but could communicate with each other by a universal hand sign language, like deaf people use today. So this apparently means that the person used sign language and did not speak. This could be for various reasons, for example, he could have been mad at him and not on speaking terms.
- " American Indians had countless different languages, but could communicate with each other by a universal hand sign language, like deaf people use today.
- So this apparently means that the person used sign language and did not speak.
- This could be for various reasons, for example, he could have been mad at him and not on speaking terms.
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With no other context, I'm guessing this means: "He used (American) Indian sign language on me." American Indians had countless different languages, but could communicate with each other by a universal hand sign language, like deaf people use today. So this apparently means that the person used sign language and did not speak. This could be for various reasons, for example, he could have been
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Hi,
It's an old idiom I don't hear much these days.
Look here for details.
http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/ame
It's an old idiom I don't hear much these days.
Look here for details.
http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/ame
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