Up A Creek
02/28/21 • 25 min
Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss the elements, yachting, and a very appropriate idiom.
Sources:
https://thegoodgamecompany.com/project/idiom-addict/
https://grammarist.com/idiom/up-the-creek-and-up-a-creek/
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/up-shit-creek-without-a-paddle.html
https://www.jollyparrot.co.uk/blog/five-phrases-that-have-nautical-origin
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 the elements, yachting, and a very appropriate idiom.
Sources:
https://thegoodgamecompany.com/project/idiom-addict/
https://grammarist.com/idiom/up-the-creek-and-up-a-creek/
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/up-shit-creek-without-a-paddle.html
https://www.jollyparrot.co.uk/blog/five-phrases-that-have-nautical-origin
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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Sources:
https://thegoodgamecompany.com/project/idiom-addict/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Hale
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/us/ts-eliot-emily-hale-letters.html
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/come-hell-or-high-water
https://www.theidioms.com/come-hell-or-high-water/
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/97700.html
https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-com1.htm
https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/slang-school-alexander-skarsgard-teaches-you-swedish-slang
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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Sources:
https://londonist.com/2014/09/how-londons-airports-got-their-names
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/I+didn%27t+have+a+leg+to+stand+on
https://rollsoffthetongue.tumblr.com/search/leg+to+stand+on
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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