21 min

Don’t Get Fleeced or Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes: Expressions from the Hair of Sheep Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases

    • Arts

Have you ever been "fleeced"? Have you ever "gone in search of the golden fleece" or "pulled the wool over someone's eyes"? Are your opinions "dyed in the wool"? In today's episode of Animalogy, I discuss the animal origins of these words and expressions, all of which have to do with the hair of sheep. In other words, they're Animalogies!
Thank you to the supporters of today's episode. Become a patreon today!

Have you ever been "fleeced"? Have you ever "gone in search of the golden fleece" or "pulled the wool over someone's eyes"? Are your opinions "dyed in the wool"? In today's episode of Animalogy, I discuss the animal origins of these words and expressions, all of which have to do with the hair of sheep. In other words, they're Animalogies!
Thank you to the supporters of today's episode. Become a patreon today!

21 min

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