Take It With A Grain Of Salt
05/04/21 • 31 min
Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss restaurant speak, poison antidotes, cute Frenchmen, and Casey’s best buddy, Pliny the Elder.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux
https://thegoodgamecompany.com/project/idiom-addict/
We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube.
Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss restaurant speak, poison antidotes, cute Frenchmen, and Casey’s best buddy, Pliny the Elder.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux
https://thegoodgamecompany.com/project/idiom-addict/
We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube.
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Sick As A Dog
Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss various animal idioms, Casey's dog's ADHD, and develop some conspiracy theories about British people.
Sources:
https://thegoodgamecompany.com/project/idiom-addict/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/4exgpz/til_that_a_group_of_grackles_is_commonly_referred/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch
https://www.theidioms.com/sick-as-a-dog/
https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/phrases/sick-as-a-dog/
https://ginsengenglish.com/blog/dog-idioms
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sic1.htm
https://grammarpartyblog.com/2011/05/03/sick-idioms/
https://www.phrases.com/phrase/sick-as-a-dog_45022
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/498274/what-is-the-history-of-the-idiom-sick-as-a-dog
We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube.
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To Have a Full Plate
Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss chefs, Romans, and Casey tries his best to scandalize Ingrid.
Sources:
https://thegoodgamecompany.com/project/idiom-addict/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/19/ancient-greeces-army-of-lovers
https://grammarist.com/idiom/a-lot-on-ones-plate-and-a-full-plate
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+full+plate
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-histories-dinner
We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube.
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