I explore the origins and histories of idioms, metaphors, old wives tales, superstitions, and more. Come along with me as I turn phrases inside out. #turningphrases #toppers #lendmeyourears #etymology
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 137 topics: Etymology of goodbye; Labor of love; It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Absence makes the heart grow fonder; Fairy-tale ending Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 136 topics: Go over like a lead balloon; If the shoe fits, wear it Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 135 topics: Fair to middling; Fight fire with fire Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 134 topics: A stones throw; Fifteen minutes of fame. Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 133 topics: A fly in the ointment; A knight in shining armor Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 132 topics: A chain is only as strong as its weakest link; A diamond in the rough Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 131 topics: Got your goat; Proof is in the pudding; Your name is mud; Shot myself in the foot Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 130 topics: Touch and go; Thumbs up / down; Pinky swear; The devil makes work for idle hands Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 129 topics: So hungry I could eat a horse; Chew the fat; Taste of ones own medicine; A bitter pill to swallow; Bite your tongue; Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 128 topics: Keep your nose to the grindstone; Cut off your nose to spite your face; No skin off my nose; Smell a rat; A rose by any other name would smell as sweet; Stop and smell the roses Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 127 topics: Monkey see monkey do; Pull the wool over someone’s eyes; Give someone the hairy eyeball; See eye to eye; An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 126 topics: Heard it through the grapevine; Keep your ear to the ground; Old wives tales about ears; The walls have ears; I’m all ears Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 125 topics: Superstitions about Giving Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 124 topics: A man’s home is his castle; Till the cows come home; Charity begins at home; Go big or go home Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode #123 topics: Birds of a feather flock together; Joined at the hip; Through thick and thin; Keep your friends close and your enemies closer Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode #122 topics: Swan song; Wild goose chase; A little bird told me; Get all your ducks in a row Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 121 topics: Etymology of scare; Scared stiff; Scaredy-cat; Scared the living daylights; Scared half to death / Scared to death Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the podcast, and more! Check out my Merch Store!
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 120 topics: I’ll eat my hat; Feather in my cap; Thinking cap Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 119 topics: Old as the hills; Can’t teach an old dog new tricks; Whippersnapper; Newfangled; Old hat Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 118 topics: History of Memorial Day; It’s on the tip of my tongue; Does that ring a bell; Tying a string on your finger to help remember something; It goes in one ear and out the other Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 117 topics: All for one and one for all; Two heads are better than one; The third degree; Forty winks; The fifth column Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 116 topics: Raining cats and dogs; Shooting the messenger Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 115 topics: Happy accident; Icing on the cake; Kabuki; Bokeh; Bae; Colder than a stepmother’s kiss Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 114 topics: Cruising for a bruising; Slug bug; Knuckle sandwich Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 113 topics: Cool; Daddy O; Pad; Wet behind the ears Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 112 topics: Cats have nine lives; Ghost writer; The beat goes on Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 111 topics: Burn rubber; Pedal to the metal; Pedal pushers; Tooling; Honorable mentions: Door pusher; Passion Pit; You razz my berries Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 110 topics: A square / Be there or be square; A square meal / three square meals a day; Fair and square; A square peg in a round hole Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 109 topics: Learn the ropes; Think outside the box; Egg of Columbus; Have your work cut out for you; Pink slip Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 108 topics: Whistleblower; Fly on the wall; Off the record; Sweep something under the rug Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 107 topics: Pushing up daisies; Hold out an olive branch; Can’t see the forest for the trees Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 106 topics: Baptism by fire; Your ears are burning; Smoke and mirrors, Where there’s smoke there’s fire Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 105 topics: As daft as a brush; As thick as two short planks; As nice as ninepence; As safe as houses Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 103 topics: Easy as pie; As keen as mustard; As alike as two peas in a pod; As different as chalk and cheese Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 103 topics: As happy as a clam; As snug as a bug; As fine as frog’s hair; As naked as a jay bird; Blind as a bat Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 102 topics: As dead as a doornail; As fit as a fiddle; As bold as brass; As fast as greased lightning Check out the PodFix Network: PodFix You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com, to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 101 topics: Needle in a haystack; Hit the hay; The straw that broke the camel’s back; Grasp at straws; Straw man You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show […]
Salutations Toppers, and thank you for lending me your ears! Episode 100 topics: Milestone; Let your hair down; Have a whale of a time You can check out my website, turnofphrases.com to send topic suggestions, find links to my social media, see the attributions for the show music, get information on how to support the […]