Episodi

  • Something Our Parents Would Say Learn The Ropes
    Oct 17 2026
    Bosses, coworkers, our parents and even ourselves, we've used the phrase over and over again: Learn the ropes. But do we know how it became more than just a walk of life?
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    2 min
  • Something Our Parents Would Say Under The Weather
    Oct 10 2026
    We hear it every day. People use it as their excuse to not check in at work or why a project wasn't completed. I'm under the weather. Really? Where did this come from and why is it still trusted even today?
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    2 min
  • Something Our Parents Would Say Steal My Thunder
    Oct 4 2026
    Something so simple and so modern sounding really isn't. Steal my thunder gas a strange but true history and in its own way is a full view of who we are and have experienced in life.
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    3 min
  • Something Our Parents Would Say If You Ignore The Dragon It Will Eat You
    Sep 26 2026
    If you ignore the dragon, it will eat you. You'd think this is an ancient lesson. Not so true. It doesn't end there. The dragon plays a huge role in many daily decisions. How are you playing your dragon and what's the history behind it?
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    2 min
  • Something Our Parents Would Say It Turned Its Ugly Head
    Sep 20 2026
    It turned its ugly head. Not so new in the world of describing things that feel uncomfortable or out of place. A person place or thing that might have been silent and hidden away until something brings it out and wow...it turned its ugly head.
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    2 min
  • Something Our Parents Would Say She Popped Her Clogs
    Sep 13 2026
    So popular yet so known. Featured in Monty Python bits and more. She popped her clogs. Before you jump in to locate it's true mystery, take a swing at trying to figure out what such a phrase must mean and how it has survived.
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    3 min
  • Something Our Parents Would Say Bat Shit Crazy
    Sep 5 2026
    Those things people say. They sound so cool and very up to date when in reality most of what we say is old old old. It's rehashing what our grandparents once said. Such as...bat shit crazy!
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    3 min
  • Something Our Parents Would Say Don't Bite Off More Than What You Can Chew
    Aug 30 2026
    Those things we say. So much of it arrived two to three hundred years ago. Yet it seems so new today. One such phrase is don't bite off more than what you can chew. Where does it come from?
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    3 min