Idiom America

About Idiom America

A podcast that takes a look at the origin and history of some of those gems of language, idioms, and then goes from there.

Publisher

Semevent

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Aug 2021

Latest episode

26 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

46 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Aug 2025

   Flower Idioms: Gild the lily; Paint the lily; Lily-white; Lily-livered; Pushing up daisies; Whoops-a-daisy; Ups-a-daisy; Fresh as a daisy; Shrinking Violet; Wallflower

   Pigeon-livered; Oops-a-daisy; Oops; Whoops.

2. 

   7 Aug 2025

   Butterfly and butter idioms, and suck it up buttercup! -- Butterflies in your stomach; social butterfly; the butterfly effect; suck it up buttercup; butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth;

   Gaudy as a butterfly; break a butterfly on a wheel; kill a gnat with a sledgehammer; bread always falls on the buttered side; bread and butter; butterface; butter someone up

3. 

   31 Jul 2025

   Hook Idioms: By hook or by crook; On tenterhooks; Hooking up; Hookers; Get you hooks into somebody; Meathooks; Swallow something hook, line, and sinker; Wriggle off the hook; Off the Hook; On the Hook

   Let someone off the hook; Ringing off the hook; Wriggle out of

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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