We are so happy to give you this Jimmy Buffet episode of more origins and meanings of phrases like 'spilled the beans', 'the walls have ears', and the ever present 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps'. 

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Wikipedia: Idiom, linguistic relativity, turning a blind eye, ear of Dionysius

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