Genesis of Phrases and Idioms in English

In this episode, we discuss another interesting idiom, which originated in the 1500s when water was scarce and people had to bathe in the same water in the same container leaving the babies with the dirtiest water. It forced the poor mothers to be extra careful not to throw the babies along with the dirty water.  

In this episode, we discuss the English idiom 'fly off the handle'. We discuss its origins, the meaning and its usage.

In this episode, we discuss the origins of English phrases and idioms. Today, we're discussing the phrase 'white elephant', its meaning, origins and how it's used. 

This episode of our series called the Genesis: the Origins of some phrases and idioms used in English. In this series, we talk about how some phrases and idioms came into being. In this episode, Aditi and Dipankar discuss the origins of the phrase mad as a hatter.