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The Hidden Origins of Common Phrases
Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we break out the military-grade thesaurus and embark down the long, winding road back to the shadowy origins from which some of our most common turns of phrase originate, illuminating their esoteric origins and what exactly they meant in the first place. On the free side of the show we pull back the curtain to explore exactly how many phrases we use in everyday life that secretly go back to the Fraternal Order of Free Masons! There’s a lot. In the extended side of the show we explore the multitude of common phrases that go back to the bible and a few others that are so ancient we don’t even know at all. Thank you and enjoy the show! In this episode we discuss: Getting the Third Degree Hoodwinked Fair and Square Plumb On The Level Black Balled Spill The Beans Burry The Hatchet Powow In the extended side of the show (available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit) we go even further down the lexicological rabbit hole and discuss: Skin of the Teeth Apple of my Eye Sour Grapes Going The Extra Mile The Whole Nine Yards Riding Shotgun Pulling Your Leg Paying Through the Nose Cat Out of The Bag Ducks In A Row Bird in the Hand Beating Around the Bush Screwing the Pooch Red sections written / researched by Luke, purple by Heka and Blue by Mari Sama. Check out more of Tim’s great content at www.CrypticChronicles.com Where to find The Whole Rabbit: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbit Twitter: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbit Order Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/thewholerabbit Other Merchandise: https://thewholerabbit.myspreadshop.com/ Music By Spirit Travel Plaza: https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0Yo Sources: The Third Degree: https://www.westlancsfreemasons.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Explanation-Of-The-Symbolism-of-the-Third-Degree-v2.pdf On the Level https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/59/messages/117.html Blackballed https://masonicwebsite.co.uk/freemasonry/masonic-terms-that-are-now-in-everyday-language/ Screw the Pooch https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/screw-the-pooch/ https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2019/07/screw-the-pooch.html Cut the Mustard https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2006/09/can-you-cut-the-mustard.html Ducks in a Row https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2021/01/ducks-in-a-row.html For the birds Support the show
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