Episode 168 - The Dark Roots of Everyday Expressions

Setting Up Dark Idiom Origins Sources And Research Approach Mad As A Hatter And Mercury Roger Crab Side Quest Riding Shotgun And Hollywood Revival Pulling My Leg: Crime And Circus Kicking The Bucket: Slaughter And Ritual Grain Of Salt: Pliny’s Antidote Saved By The Bell: Boxing And Buried Alive Caught Red-Handed: Scottish Law Rule Of Thumb Myth Debunked Break A Leg: Theater Theories Drinking The Kool-Aid: Jonestown Deadline’s Civil War Origin Biting The Bullet: Surgery And Skepticism Hotshot: Incendiary Cannonballs Show Your True Colors: Naval Flags Turn A Blind Eye: Nelson’s Signal Run Amok: Colonial Accounts White Elephant: Sacred Burdens Beyond The Pale: Irish Boundary Vanished Slang And Final Reflections