TURN OF PHRASES

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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

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  • Jul 20, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 14m AVG DURATION
  • 149 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from TURN OF PHRASES

A Graceful Exit

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 13:45


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 […]

Lead Shoes

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 10:49


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, […]

Fair Fight

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 11:12


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 […]

Throwing Fame

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 11:27


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 […]

Fly By Knight

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 13:11


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 […]

Chains and Diamonds

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 10:26


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 […]

According To #13

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 5:57


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!

Suggestion Box

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 14:59


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 […]

According To #12

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 4:24


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!

Touching Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 14:07


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 […]

According To #11

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 3:30


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!

Let’s Chew the Fat

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 12:55


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 […]

According To #10

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 3:16


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!

What’s That Smell

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 15:12


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 […]

According To #9

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 3:40


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!

Seeing sayings

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 13:29


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 […]

According To #8

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 4:12


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!

Hearing Things

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 12:08


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 […]

According To #7

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 5:52


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!

According To #6

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 5:59


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!

Superstitious Giving

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 12:58


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 […]

According To #5

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 4:44


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!

Homey Phrases

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 12:15


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 […]

According To #4

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 3:47


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!

Friendly Phrases

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 12:14


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 […]

According To #3

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 3:01


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!

Flapping Phrases

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 11:33


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 […]

According To #2

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 3:08


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!

Scary Sayings

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 11:44


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 […]

According To #1

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 4:51


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!

Hats Off

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 14:14


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 […]

Topper TOP 5 Countdown – #1

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 14:53


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 […]

Topper TOP 5 Coutndown – #2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 16:24


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 […]

Topper TOP 5 Countdown – #3

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 16:50


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 […]

Topper TOP 5 Countdown – #4

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 13:30


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 […]

Topper TOP 5 Countdown – #5

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 12:25


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 […]

Blast From the Past #4

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 11:15


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 […]

Blast From the Past #3

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 11:17


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 […]

Blast From the Past #2

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 12:24


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 […]

Blast From the Past #1

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 11:59


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, […]

Four Corner Phrases

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 14:54


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 […]

Let’s Get Down to Business

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 16:04


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, […]

Secretive Sayings

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 11:02


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 […]

Way To Grow

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019 12:04


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 […]

Fiery Phrases

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 13:56


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 […]

Smile series #4

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 14:00


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 […]

Simile series #3

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 12:11


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 […]

Simile Series #2

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 15:57


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, […]

Simile series #1

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 14:06


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 […]

Hay there

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2019 11:23


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 […]

Celebratory Sayings

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 14:36


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 […]

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