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The Expressionists

@expodcast

A podcast exploring how idioms connect us with the past and to each other. Hosted by @hrydstrand and @olivesophierose

Sydney, New South Wales Beigetreten Mayıs 2017
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Olivia Rosenman
Olivia Rosenman@olivesophierose·
Women leading the way in podcast listening in Australia according to ABC research released today at #OzPod2018 🎧✊🏼
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Long time no podcast. Yes! We've been busy bees! Don’t worry, it hasn’t fallen by the wayside. We're getting our house in order, preparing for Season 3 in September. Until then, don't forget us, drop us a line any time, and make sure you're subscribed on your fave podplayer
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Susie Dent
Susie Dent@susie_dent·
Word-trivia of the day: 'umbrage' looks back to the French 'ombrage', shade from the heat of the sun. To give umbrage was to upset someone/darken their lives by 'throwing shade'; to take it was to be duly offended.
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Susie Dent@susie_dent·
Our mangled idioms: head over heels (originally 'heels over head') have your cake and eat it (originally 'eat your cake and have your cake') a matter of life and death ('life OR death') cheap at half the price ('cheap at twice the price') and...don't eat with your mouth full.
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Susie Dent
Susie Dent@susie_dent·
The word that's shuffling to mind this morning: 'dringle', to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner. (Not to be confused with 'spuddling', which is pretending that a trivial task in in fact incredibly important.)
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RT @susie_dent: A small piece of etymology for the day: the expression ‘turn a blind eye’ to something is from the Battle of Copenhagen of…
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Hic Nealey 🎙️🥃@dr_nic·
Got home to this Muppet-faced man and said "hey my good boy - how are you doing" and for some reason Google Home answered with "flat out like a lizard drinking". So that was weird.
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