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...
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...
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...
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...