Idiom America

Semevent

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

  1. 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

    08/26/2025

    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.

    18 min
  2. 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;

    08/07/2025

    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

    20 min
  3. 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

    07/31/2025

    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

    17 min
  4. Pig Idioms: Pig in a Poke; Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered; Hogwash; You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear; Lipstick on a pig; wrestling with pigs; Happy as a pig in mud

    07/24/2025

    Pig Idioms: Pig in a Poke; Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered; Hogwash; You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear; Lipstick on a pig; wrestling with pigs; Happy as a pig in mud

    Don't cast your pearls before swine; Like pigs in clover; Go hog wild; Hog heaven; Greedy pig; Pig out; Eat like a pig; Make a pig of oneself; Selfish pig; Go whole hog

    15 min
  5. Cycling Idioms: Along for the ride; Backpedal; Freewheeling; Take off the training wheels; Fifth wheel or third wheel; Shift gears; Spin one's wheels; Back in the saddle; Handlebar moustache;

    05/12/2024

    Cycling Idioms: Along for the ride; Backpedal; Freewheeling; Take off the training wheels; Fifth wheel or third wheel; Shift gears; Spin one's wheels; Back in the saddle; Handlebar moustache;

    Woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle; Just like riding a bike; Soft-pedal; Cyclopath

    19 min
  6. Stick Idioms: Short end of the stick; Get hit with the stupid stick; Fiddlesticks!; Wrong end of the stick; Stick in the mud; Beat them off with a stick;

    05/02/2024

    Stick Idioms: Short end of the stick; Get hit with the stupid stick; Fiddlesticks!; Wrong end of the stick; Stick in the mud; Beat them off with a stick;

    Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick; Speak softly and carry a big stick; More XYZ than you can shake a stick at;.

    15 min
  7. Moon Idioms: Moonstruck; Moonshine; Once in a blue moon; Moonlight; Hang the moon; Shoot for the moon; Mooning away, over, around, or about;

    04/21/2024

    Moon Idioms: Moonstruck; Moonshine; Once in a blue moon; Moonlight; Hang the moon; Shoot for the moon; Mooning away, over, around, or about;

    Over the moon; The moon is made of green cheese; Love you to the moon and back; Shoot the moon; Moonshot; Ask for the moon; Moon on a stick; Cast beyond the moon; Barking at the moon; Harvest moon; Blood moon; Moon-faced; Moongazing

    24 min
  8. Pots and Pans Idioms, Part II: Pot calling the kettle black; Melting pot; Stirring the pot; Jackpot; Crackpot; Different kettle of fish; Tempest in a teapot; Keep the pot boiling; Potluck

    11/04/2023

    Pots and Pans Idioms, Part II: Pot calling the kettle black; Melting pot; Stirring the pot; Jackpot; Crackpot; Different kettle of fish; Tempest in a teapot; Keep the pot boiling; Potluck

    Potpourri; Perpetual stew; Potlatch; Pot of gold at the end of a rainbow; Tosspot; Fusspot; Honeypot; Sexpot; Pretty kettle of fish

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

Information

  • Creator
    Semevent
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Semevent
  • Show Website
    Idiom America