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Idiom America
By SemeventSociety & Culture
Idiom America episodes
- 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
16 min - Idioms from US Presidents, Part 5
Rock the boat; bully pulpit; mollycoddle; muckraking; pull yourself up by the bootstraps; lunatic fringe; loose cannon
21 min - 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
16 min - 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
17 min - Bell Idioms: Ring in the New Year; Death knell; For whom the bell tolls; Ring a bell; Be there with bells on;
You can't unring a bell; Ring somebody's bell; Saved by the bell; Wear the cap and bells; All the bells and whistles; Sound as a bell.
18 min - Silver idioms: Silver lining; Silver-tongued; Silver bullet; Magic bullet; 30 pieces of silver; Silver screen
Sell the family silver; Sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage; Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth; Serve something on a silver platter.
16 min - Idioms from US Presidents, Part 4
Spoils system; cronyism; strange bedfellows; pork-barrel; To the victor go the spoils; Buffalo x 8; Kid gloves.
20 min - Thanksgiving Idioms: Talk turkey; Go cold turkey; Gobble up; To be stuffed, etc.
Gobble, gobble; Eat like a bird; Stuffed shirt; The rest is gravy; Ride the gravy train; As American as apple pie.
18 min - Goose idioms: Wild goose chase; One's goose is cooked; Goosebumps, etc.
Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs; Golden goose; Goose up; Goose-stepping; Loose as a goose, loosey goosey; Silly goose; Take a gander
23 min - Idioms from US Presidents, Part 3
Two-faced; Contronyms; Sugar-coated; Demonyms; Michigander; House divided, Illeism; Come in handy; Corporation; Do the math.
18 min
About Idiom America
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A podcast that takes a look at the origin and history of some of those gems of language, idioms, and then goes from there.