Idiom America

By Semevent

A podcast that takes a look at the origin and history of some of those gems of language, idioms, and then goes from there.... more

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The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.

Idiom America episodes:

February 16, 2023 Egg Idioms: Egg on your face; Egghead; Baker's dozen; Egg someone on; Nest egg; Can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs; Good egg; Go suck an egg
Bad egg; Don't put all your eggs in one basket; Egg money; Bald as an egg; Which came first, the chicken or the egg; Over-egg the pudding; Egging; Teaching your grandma to suck eggs; Rotten egg; Last one in is a rotten egg; Can't boil an egg; Can't unboil an egg.
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21min
February 05, 2023 Smoke Idioms: Smoke and mirrors; Put that in your pipe and smoke it; Blowing smoke; Smoking gun; Where there's smoke there's fire; Get smoked; Pipe-dream
Blowing smoke up someone's ass; Smoke the peace pipe; Smokescreen; Holy smoke(s); What have you been smoking
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18min
January 26, 2023 Duck Idioms: Lucky duck; Sitting duck; Dead duck; Lame duck; Duck and cover; Have one's ducks in a row; Duck soup; Like a duck to water; Milkshake duck
Since one was knee-high to a duck; Lovely weather for ducks; Like water off a duck's back; Duck face; If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck, then it must be a duck.
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17min
January 19, 2023 Bird Idioms: Birds of a feather; Bird in the hand; A little bird told me; Sing like a bird; Boobird; Odd bird; Rare bird; Kill two birds with one stone
Flip the bird; Tough old bird; Yardbird; Snowbird; Anapodoton; Black swan
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18min
January 08, 2023 Blade Idioms: Sword of Damocles; Hang by a thread; Fall on one's sword; Beat swords into plowshares; Saber-rattling; Bury the hatchet; Hatchet job;
Take up the hatchet; Hatchet man; Hatched-faced; Scalpel, not an ax
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16min
December 18, 2022 White idioms: White elephant; white knight; white lies; white knuckle; white hat hacker
White as a ghost; white as a sheet; White Christmas
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16min
December 08, 2022 Cutting Idioms, part 2: Cut it out; Cut out for; Work cut out for; Cut from whole cloth; Cut a deal; Cut against the grain; Cut the cord; Cut to ribbons; Cut corners;Cut both ways; Cut it with a knife
Cut a figure; Knock it off; Cut a check; Double-edged sword
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16min
December 01, 2022 Idioms from US Presidents, Part 5
Rock the boat; bully pulpit; mollycoddle; muckraking; pull yourself up by the bootstraps; lunatic fringe; loose cannon
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21min
November 17, 2022 Cutting Idioms: Cut one's teeth; Cut of someone's jib; Cut the mustard; Cut a rug; Cut to the quick; Cut and run; Fish or cut bait; Cut a wide swathe
Cut off your nose to spite your face; Unkindest cut; Cut to the bone; Cut and dried
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16min
November 10, 2022 Gem Idioms: Hidden Gem; Diamond in the rough; The world is your oyster; Clutch one's pearls
A cut above; Casting pearls before swine; Pearl of great price; Pearls of wisdom; Idaho the gem state
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17min

FAQs about Idiom America:

How many episodes does Idiom America have?

The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.