Something Our Parents Would Say Full Of Beans

How many times has someone accused you of being full of beans? My father endlessly reminded me of this desire to share information, "Stop it. You're full of beans." Where does it come from and is it anything like it was intended?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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You know? Those are sayings. Those are old phrases, idioms,
the types of things that your family and friends usually
come up with, and they come from out of nowhere,
and only sometimes they actually made sense. They had to
start somewhere, who, what, where, why, when and how. Some
of those old sayns are not only ancient, but still
carry a powerful punch today. In fact, I live by

(00:44):
one of those old saints. Winning is a choice. The
goal of these episodes is to help preserve not only
a language, but lessons in life. My name is Arrow
full of beans. Oh my god. I don't know how
many times that I was accused of being full of beans.
I mean I endlessly heard it from my parents as

(01:06):
well as those before them. Dad would look at me
and literally say, you've got to stop it, son, you
are full of beans. Wow. What would you say with
today's technology and how it's linked to endless amounts of beans.
The term or phrase originated in the nineteenth century, coming
from a farmer's decision to feed beans to their horses

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because it gave the four legged ranching tools a lot
of energy. But there are a lot of historians who
want to argue with this. My good friend Todd Carlson
unveiled that its origin is more like the fourteenth century
and not the nineteenth century, and as associated with the
European phrase you're full of prunes? Whoa prunes? Have you

(01:48):
ever had a gut full of prunes? Now combine that
with beans, you've got to be thinking what I'm thinking?
What else would you're full of beans mean you're full
of crap? You are talking nonsense. Both ways of looking
at full of beans isn't wrong. Horse owners and jockeys
needed those beans to lift the spirit of their team players.

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And yes, even humans with vitality are accused of being
full of beans. But let's be honest here, are you
really thinking energy or are you telling people you're full
of crab? Full of beans? Something our parents would say.
My name is Arrow,