The Brass Tacks Podcast

The Brass Tacks Podcast

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  • Taste of Your Own Medicine
    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected]
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20taste%2Fdose%20of%20someone%27s%20own%20medicine#:~:text=Definition%20of%20a%20taste%2Fdose,jilts%20him%20for%20another%20guy
    https://grammarist.com/idiom/a-taste-of-ones-own-medicine-and-a-dose-of-ones-own-medicine/
    https://fablesofaesop.com/the-cobbler-turned-doctor.html
    10 min
  • Jump the Gun
    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/jump-the-gun
    https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/jump-the-gun.html
    6 min
  • Cost an Arm and a Leg
    Don't fret, this show won't cost you an Arm and a Leg... It's Free!!!
    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected]
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost%20an%20arm%20and%20a%20leg
    https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/arm-and-a-leg.html
    12 min
  • Pearls Before Swines

    Pigs and jewelry, what this about? Have a listen and see for yourself... 

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    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/do-not-cast-your-pearls-before-swine


    9 min
  • Neck of the Woods

    This is how we do it in our Neck of the Woods, hope you enjoy it wherever you're from too.

    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected]

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neck%20of%20the%20woods

    https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-22668,00.html%E2%80%8E

    https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/27/messages/564.html

    10 min
  • Rule of Thumb

    What's the thumb got to do with it?

    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected]

    https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-7903,00.html#:~:text=Actually%2C%20the%20phrase%20%22rule%20of,required%20in%20the%20Middle%20Ages.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb


    8 min
  • Cat Got Your Tongue?

    Here we go again! Enjoy, Cat Got Your Tongue!!

    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected]

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cat%20got%20your%20tongue

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/cat-got-your-tongue


    11 min
  • Bet Your Ass

    Seth bets the farm at his premature guess on this episode! 

    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected]

    https://word-ancestry.livejournal.com/85501.html


    7 min
  • Skin of Your Teeth

    Wow, we just got this episode out by the  Skin of Our Teeth!! Have a listen and enjoy!

    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected]

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/by-the-skin-of-teeth

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_of_my_teeth#:~:text=Skin%20of%20my%20teeth%20(Hebrew,the%20skinne%20of%20my%20tethe.%22


    9 min
  • Thick as Thieves

    Seth gets us down to brass tack in this episode, Thick as Thieves! 

    Please LIKE and FOLLOW and as always if you have a phrase you'd like us to address, email us at [email protected]

    https://literarydevices.net/as-thick-as-thieves/

    6 min

About The Brass Tacks Podcast

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With each episode we tackle a different phrase to discover it's meaning and origin all while have a bit of fun along the way.