Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins

Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Sayings!

February 17, 2023 Big Science Pods Season 4 Episode 155
Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins
Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Sayings!
Show Notes

Episode 155: Jay & Ray say some things (again). - Encore

  • bob's your uncle
  • by & large 
  • heavens to Betsy 
  • call a spade a spade

Link to W.E.B. Dubois's powerful essay 'Returning Soldiers' written to the African-American soldiers returning from WWI.

Snagglepuss (not Marvin Martian)

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some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.

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