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  • RETRO 102 Beware the Ides of March

    RETRO 102 Beware the Ides of March
    2025/03/05

    RETRO Episode: What are Ides? Why should we Beware the Ides of March? Should we beware the Ides of other months? Do other months even have Ides? Bonus: Calends, Nones, and Caesars

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    31 分
  • 268 Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

    268 Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
    2025/02/26

    This week Shauna and Dan wait for the other shoe to drop. Dan gets really excited to hear the rather basic origins of this phrase. Bonus: Boarding houses, Bob Cross, and park benches

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    32 分
  • 267 Rack My Brain

    267 Rack My Brain
    2025/02/19

    This week Shauna and Dan rack their brains to think of good phrases to explore. Okay, that was a bad joke. But rack my brain is a fun episode. Trust us. Bonus: Beatles, Rebuses, and rack vs wrack

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    33 分
  • 266 Throw in the Towel

    266 Throw in the Towel
    2025/02/12

    This week Shauna and Dan throw in the towel. Well, not really. Though Shauna did note we should have saved this phrase for our last episode. Alas. Bonus: Entrepreneurs, rich hillbillies, and so many boxing movies

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    28 分
  • 265 Stick to Your Ribs

    265 Stick to Your Ribs
    2025/02/05

    This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, Stick to Your Ribs. Bonus: Visits from series regulars John Ray, Edmund Burke, and Louise Pound, plus our favorite stick to your ribs books. Also, mac-daddi-roni!

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    32 分
  • 264 Jump Through Hoops

    264 Jump Through Hoops
    2025/01/29

    This week Shauna and Dan try to track down the figurative use of Jump Through Hoops, since people have literally been jumping through hoops since hoops were invented. Bonus: Shauna's hoops, bill paying in the 90s, and how your hosts brains work

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    29 分
  • 263 Canary in a Coal Mine

    263 Canary in a Coal Mine
    2025/01/22

    This week Shauna and Dan find out why there were canaries in coal mines, giving us this common phrase. Bonus: Anthropomorphic birds, the black lung, and that time in the late 80s when we solved a climate crisis through international cooperation

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    33 分
  • 262 The Lions Share

    262 The Lions Share
    2025/01/15

    This week Shauna and Dan take The Lion's Share. Apparently, this concept has been around since before English. (Shauna says Aesop didn't speak English. Citation Needed.) Bonus: Cheese mongers, pumpkin pies, and Walter with a banana joke

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    28 分