The Origin of Words and Phrases: Sports

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

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🗓️ 21 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The English language is a very odd thing. We use many phrases and idioms every day that make no sense if you don’t understand the cultural references behind them. In particular, we have a large number of idioms that come from the world of sports. Idioms which are often used by people who know nothing about the sport being referenced. Learn more about idioms and phrases in the English language that have their origin in sports on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The English language is a very odd thing.
0:02.4	We use many phrases in idioms every day that make no sense if you don't understand the cultural references behind them.
0:08.4	In particular, we have a large number of idioms that come from the world of sports.
0:13.9	Idioms which are often used by people who don't actually know anything about the sports
0:17.6	being referenced.
0:18.6	Learn more about idioms and phrases in the English language that have their origin in sports on this episode of
0:24.7	everything everywhere daily. For someone who doesn't speak English as their first language, there can be phrases that
0:45.3	are matingly difficult to understand if you're just trying to learn it in a classroom environment.
0:50.2	That's because so many of the phrases we use have some sort of cultural context.
0:54.9	One of the biggest sources of these cultural references is the world of sports.
0:58.9	There are many, many dozens of such idioms, so we might as well dive right in.
1:05.0	One sport that has given us to host of phrases is boxing.
1:09.0	If someone supports you, that means that you have someone standing in your corner, in boxing between rounds, assistance to the boxer
1:16.8	would stand in the corner of the ring, helping the boxer, treating cuts, and giving them
1:20.4	water, etc.
1:22.2	When the next round starts hopefully the boxer will
1:24.5	come out swinging. This means that you're getting an active or enthusiastic start
1:28.9	to something. If you do that you just might be able to beat someone to the punch.
1:34.0	Beating someone to the punch just means reacting in advance of something.
1:38.0	If you know a teacher is going to complain about an assignment being late,
1:41.0	you could beat them to the punch by turning in yours before they say anything.
1:45.6	Hopefully a boxer won't get hit below the belt or receive a low blow.
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