Idiomatic for the People II, Part 1
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Language is beautiful and, in many cases, continually evolving. As a result, we end up with hundreds of strange idioms and figures of speech that we use on a daily basis, with little to no understanding of what they originally meant. Join the guys with special guests Frank Mulherin and Rowan Newbie, the creator of the Pitches podcast, as they explore the bizarre origins of your favorite turns of phrase.
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| 1:52.0 | So recently, my co-host, Noel and I had an idea that we thought was just crazy enough to work. |
| 2:05.0 | We had started talking about all the strange things that happen in the English language. |
| 2:11.0 | There are so many sayings that don't quite translate, or if you heard them in another language, you would say, what the heck are these people talking about? |
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| 2:33.0 | Yes, yes, very true. |
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