Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins

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Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins episodes

October 16W9Y Is Just Joshin'
Episode 339: Jay & Ray chose their own adventures.
bandy about
just joshin'
world is your oyster
get your goat
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
40 min
October 09W9Y Calls Shotgun
Episode 338: Jay & Ray ask a few questions.
naked as a jaybird
bitter end
shadow of a doubt
call shotgun
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
38 min
October 02W9Y Goes Full Tilt
Episode 337: Jay & Ray go unsupervised.
balled out
full tilt
seven ways from sunday
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
32 min
September 25W9Y Has Our Ducks In A Row
Episode 336: Jay & Ray explore fauna related phrases.
bull & bear market
til the cows come home
ducks in a row
charley horse
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
35 min
September 18W9Y Is All About the Benjamins
Episode 335: Jay & Ray cash in on more money idioms.
bread
benjamins
bob
quid
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
30 min
September 11W9Y Buys the Farm
Episode 334: Jay & Ray rattle on about death.
buy the farm
kick the bucket
widow's peak
devil to pay
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
36 min
September 04W9Y Enjoys The Limelight
Episode 333: Jay & Ray break a leg.
break a leg
ham
merde
limelight
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
41 min
August 28W9Y Bootlegs Some Idioms
Episode 332: Jay & Ray get anatomically analytical.
bootleg
apple of my eye
piggyback ride
hand over fist
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
38 min
August 21W9Y Wags The Dog
Episode 331: Jay & Ray toe the line with some idioms.
carpet bagger
toe the line
wag the dog
gerrymander
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
52 min
August 14W9Y Has An Uncle Named Bob
Episode 330: Jay & Ray, by and large, make sense out of idioms.
bob's your uncle
by & large
heavens to Betsy
call a spade a spade
Link to W.E.B. Dubois's powerful essay 'Returning Soldiers' written to the African-American soldiers returning from WWI.

Snagglepuss (not Marvin Martian)
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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.
37 min

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Whole 9 Yards is a weekly podcast that will simultaneously educate, astonish, and amuse. Listen while we share equivocal research about the origin of words, phrases, and idioms we use every day. From…