The Weird Origins of Everyday Sayings

Ever wonder where our strangest idioms come from? In this hilarious episode of The Jocular Pugilists, Phil and Tomas dive headfirst into the bizarre, dark, and downright ridiculous origins of everyday sayings — from “buttering someone up” and “close but no cigar” to “raining cats and dogs.” Along the way, they share embarrassing stories about concert fights, parking lot showdowns, and international idioms that lose all meaning in translation (like Germany’s “tomatoes on your eyes” 🍅). Packed with history, humor, and linguistic weirdness, this episode proves that we all speak nonsense — and love it.

🎧 Listen for:

• The real (and fake) origins of classic idioms
• How words like “awful” and “literally” flipped meanings
• Why fighting at a Doors concert is never worth it
• And the world’s strangest foreign phrases

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