A San Diego, California, woman is baffled by her husband’s saying: “If a frog had a pouch, he’d carry a gun.” It has to do with wishing for the impossible, similar to the saying “If wishes were horses, beggars would...
No word if Dan Rather coined this phrase, but “shakier than cafeteria jello” describes something that’s pretty jiggly indeed. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Cafeteria Jello” You know, Grant, earlier...
A caller is curious about the colloquial expression “it has a catch in its getalong.” She used it to describe the family’s faulty car. Her husband complained the phrase was too imprecise. Grant and Martha discuss this and similar...