A captain goes down with his ship. Really? At one time maybe. But where does this term or phrase come from and have we abided by the rules?

I can hear my dad over and over, "Son! Shit or get off the pot!" When Dad was ready to go, he wanted his enter family to be ready on his time. Where does it come from? How has it impact us? Shit or get off the pot.

What the bubkis? It's really used and has been in our daily language since the early 19th century. How is it used and can it become outdated?

Endlessly as a child my father and grandparents used the term shit for brains. Research says it was part of their everyday street! What? How?

Not my monkey not my circus. It dates all the way back to Poland with their endless amount of traveling circuses. It wasn't out of control ticket holders. It was the monkeys!

The cut of your jib? How are you putting on display your sails? What's guiding you? How is the cut of your jib?

Shooting from the hip. From the early 20th century but how did it make it to the present and how much does it effect our everyday?

Everyday street speak and its history. This week the focus is put on shit a brick.

The old sayings had to start somewhere. Who, what, where and why? Such as flying by the seat of your pants.

There are so many phrases and saying being used every day all over the world. The shocking part is how most of them weren't created in our time. Making a mountain out of a mole hill.