How do you manage your time? Perhaps by eating the frog, which means “to do the most distasteful task first.” This is also known as “carrying guts to a bear.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Eating the Frog” Grant, have you heard...
Martha and Grant discuss advertising slogans and product names supposedly botched in translation. They also recommend an eclectic mix of books for the word-lover on your holiday list, from military slang to Yiddish. Plus a slang quiz on the words...
A caller wants help understanding a phrase he saw in Sports Illustrated: enough money to burn a wet dog. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Enough Money to Burn a Wet Dog” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Greg Philipson...
thrown under the bus v. phr.— «The affidavit also alleged Grimsley told federal agents that Roberts, Gibbons and Tejada “took anabolic steroids.” “What can I do? I spent one morning last year with Grimsley,” Tejada said Sunday before the Orioles...
throw him under the bus v. phr.— «Dorsey has the audacity to finish his career 38-2 instead of 39-1 and you guys are ready to throw him under the bus.» —“Laying down the law” by Stewart Mandel Sports Illustrated Apr. 21, 2003. (source: Double...
