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Tinder now. And I'm Martha Barnett. In English, if you want to express skepticism about

something somebody's telling you, you might say, stop pulling my leg or pull the other

one. It's got bells on. Which are a couple of phrases I really like, but there are really

picturesque phrases in other languages that express that same kind of skepticism. One

of my favorites is, I want to quench the mate, one of the debaqueros, which is Spanish

for now tell me one about cowboys. Enough of your tall tales. Tell me one about cowboys.

And in Tagalog, there's a phrase that literally translates as, you're making a rope out of

sand, which I also really love. Oh, that's lovely. And French, you might say, I taste

a lot, which basically means stop with your salads. Which I think refers to the idea of

just a mishmash of ideas that you're throwing around. And of course, Missouri, where I'm from,

you might say, I'm from Missouri, you're going to have to show me. All right. The show me

state. I like stop your salads enough with them already. Stop with your salads. Wherever

you are in the world, we know that you've got a way to tell people to stop with the nonsense.

What is the way that you tell them to shush 877-929-9673 email words at waywardradio.org or

talk to us on Twitter at w-a-y-w-o-r-d. Hey there, you have a way with words. Hi, my name is

Holly. I'm calling from Mount Pleasant South Carolina. Hey, Holly, welcome. Thanks. I had

a question about something my grandma always said. She used to have the whole family over

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