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Shmanners

Idioms: Pt. 5

Shmanners

Travis McElroy

Etiquette, Society & Culture, Schmanners, Travis Mcelroy, History Of Etiquette, Teresa Mcelroy, Comedy, Mcelroy

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Hello Internet! We're back with another IDIOMS episode! We'll tell you when to use them,what they mean and where they came from! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, you know what they say? A rolling bird gathers no cake.

0:05.0

What? It's Schmanners! Oh, Hello internet. I'm your husband host Travis McElroy and I'm your wife

0:35.3

host Teresa McElroy and you're listening to Schmanners. It's extraordinary

0:39.4

etiquette for ordinary occasions. Hello my dove. Hello dear. How are you? You know, how are any of us?

0:48.0

How, what is good anymore? What does it mean? I woke up. I'm here. Yeah. I'm recording a show with my wife

0:57.2

way love. Me too. I have my health. Yeah. And I have that huge pile of gold I buried in the backyard.

1:06.1

No, you don't. What? What happened to my gold?

1:09.3

We're married. I took it. Oh man. That's okay. I wasn't going to do anything with it. I know.

1:19.1

Hey, do you want to talk about some more idioms? Do I ever? Yes. So it's really funny

1:30.9

because right before this open with a joke

1:36.0

yeah and

1:38.0

use it name any idiom. I was like a third idiom. It took a minute and a half for either one of us to think of another.

1:50.0

It's a it's a I blame it on the on the spot. I put you on the spot. Well but also here's the thing right we use idioms constantly does anyone know what any of them mean I mean we do now because this is our fifth episode of idioms but like I just think

2:07.9

about when I when I read these shows I'm like, I don't even know, what does that mean?

2:17.0

Well, I'll tell you, the reason that I had the idea to start doing this series

2:21.9

is because I think the reason it was so hard for us to

2:24.2

think of one is we use them we use idioms in such a way that they don't seem

2:31.4

out of the ordinary right it's not like like a port

2:36.7

me in tow right is like something you intentionally make or recognize right

2:41.2

like yes whereas an idiom is so commonplace that sometimes you don't even realize you're using.

2:47.3

This happens now with BB, where we'll be talking to her and we'll say something and she'll be like,

2:51.0

what does that mean?

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