Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins
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 the team at Big Science Pods, we bring you the whole 9 yards, the entire kit and caboodle, the whole shebang of this quick, entertaining look at our language and the history therein. Learn why we call New York "The Big Apple," what "red-handed" REALLY means and why sometimes people are "happy as a clam." So, let's cut to the chase, if you jump on the bandwagon now, the first 100 subscribers will be entered to win a Big Science Snuggie. Have a question about an idiom? Wanna drop us a line because you think we’re funny... or, not? Think we’re mistaken about any information we’ve shared? Hit us up at heyyou@whole9yards.org. We’re waiting with bated breath!
Episodes
Episode 303: Jay & Ray are over a barrel. - Encore
- over your skiis
- over a barrel
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Episode 302: Jay & Ray are beside themselves with (old) idioms. - Encore
- hankering
- beside yourself
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Episode 301: Jay & Ray get hungry for (old) foodioms. - Encore
- ham-fisted
- egg on your face
Hambone Blues by Milton Brown / 1936
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Episode 300: Jay & Ray grab a few cold ones. -Encore
- cold feet
- tie one on
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Episode 299: Jay & Ray get a little lazy. - Encore
- lazy susan
- lo and behold
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Episode 298: Jay & Ray kibitz over some old idioms. - Encore
- roger
- kibitz
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Episode 297: Jay & Ray get festive with a few sparkle season idioms. - Encore
- deck the halls
- trim the tree
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Episode 296: Jay & Ray drink up some old idioms. -Encore
- nip
- mooch
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Episode 295: Jay & Ray talk to some people about idioms. - Encore
- latchkey kid
- buckaroo
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Episode 294: Jay & Ray leaf through some old foliage idioms. - Encore
- root for
- bushed
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Episode 293: Jay & Ray get hungry for some old thanksgiving foodioms. -Encore
- talk turkey
- easy as pie
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Episode 292: Jay & Ray knock out some old idioms. - Encore
- cold cocked
- beats me
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Episode 291: Jay & Ray take a random approach to some old idioms. -Encore
- hemming & hawwing
- butter you up
- cat got your tongue
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Episode 290: Jay & Ray pick an (old) bone about some body idioms. - Encore
- cold shoulder
- elbow grease
- cake eater
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Episode 289: Jay & Ray get eerily close with a few old frightful idioms - encore.
- graveyard shift
- bat outta hell
- jack-o-lantern
- skeletons in the closet
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Episode 288: Jay and Ray do some investigative yellow journalism.
- what a crock!
- yellow journalism
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Episode 287: Jay & Ray get in the ring with a few old sports idioms - Encore.
- ringer
- go to bat for
- hat trick
- rubber match
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Episode 286: Jay & Ray make newsense with some old nonsense. - Encore
- lackadaisical
- flabbergasted
- gobsmacked
- shenanigans
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Episode 285: Jay & Ray get down to business with old potty talk - Encore
- latrine
- privy
- head
- commode
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Episode 284: Jay & Ray promote a few (old) important titles. - Encore
- big-wig
- mogul
- muckity muck
- head honcho
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