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  • 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
  • 261 Cut the Mustard

    261 Cut the Mustard
    2025/01/08

    This week Shauna and Dan look into the phrase "Cut the Mustard". Does this originate with the yellow mustard stuff, or perhaps from a mishearing of a military term? Bonus: Old political parties, bad internet habits, and a silly commercial from the 1980s

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    32 分
  • 260 New Lease on Life

    260 New Lease on Life
    2025/01/01

    This week Shauna and Dan get a new lease on life. Well, they look into the phrase, anyway. Bonus: Rhyming poems, sad commercials, and a hoarders dream come true!

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    29 分
  • 259 Words Christmas Gave Us with Grace Tierney

    259 Words Christmas Gave Us with Grace Tierney
    2024/12/18

    This week Shauna and Dan are joined by 'Words Christmas Gave Us' author Grace Tierney to talk about Christmas, Boxing Day (St. Stephens Day if you are in Ireland - Do NOT make that mistake), and fun holiday traditions. Happy holidays from all of us at Bunny Trails!

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    31 分
  • 258 Christmas Spirit

    258 Christmas Spirit
    2024/12/11

    It's that time of year! Shauna and Dan deep dive into the holiday phrase, Christmas Spirit. The feeling, not the ghosts. Bonus: Curmudgeonly old men, spirits pitching the Christmas spirit, and the great bagel vs donut debate.

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    31 分
  • 257 Third Time's the Charm

    257 Third Time's the Charm
    2024/12/04

    This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, "Third Time's the Charm". Dan finally connects the dots on some similar phrases, too. Bonus: Existential dread, sandwich annihilation, and quilt-making in a weekend.

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    31 分