Why Do We Say That?: Recent Episodes
Scott & Liam Kelly
Have you ever wondered why we use certain phrases or words? Where did they come from? What's the origin of that saying? Why do we say "Rule of Thumb"? Why should we mind our "P's & Q's"? Father and son hosts Scott and Liam Kelly have the answers to those questions! We know you could just look it up online, but why not have us do the work for you and have a fun time listening! For Season 2 we are playing our world famous game show--What Word Am I? at the end of each episode! New episodes every Tuesday.
Hello Friends,
On today's episode we cover:
Hanky Panky
Beware the Ides of March
Dilly Dally
Dollars to Doughnuts
We also welcome a very special VIP guest to our world famous game show...What Word Am I?
History Nerds United
Let's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with today's best authors.
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Happy Anniversary from Us!
Thanks so much for sticking around with us for two years! Liam seemed so happy (not really). We appreciate all the support!
Today's episode is an..."On The" episode!
We cover:
On the Wagon
On Cloud Nine
On a Wing And A Prayer
On The QT
We also welcome our newest contestant to the world famous game show What Word Am I?, our very special guest Stacey B!
History Nerds United
Let's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with today's best authors.
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We're Back Baby!
After a long hiatus, we are back! We have moved to the new studio 4 North and we are back giving you the answers to the questions you've always asked but were too lazy to Google.
On today's show we cover:
Mother F&^^er
Jump the Gun
Across the Board
Red Letter Day
We also welcome Kristina to participate in our newly world famous game show, What Word Am I? Did she beat our current champion Sadie? Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out!
History Nerds United
Let's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with today's best authors.
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Hello Friends,
On today's episode we cover:
Kick the Can
Drop In The Bucket
The Grass Is Always Greener
Love Is Blind
Plus we welcome Gareth Nock to our World Famous Game Show What Word Am I?
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Hello Friends,
On today's show we cover:
Piece of the Action
I Wouldn't Touch That With A Ten Foot Pole
Know Which Side Your Bread Is Buttered On
The Whole Shebang
We also welcome our newest contestant to the Show for the world famous game show- What Word Am I?
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Hello Friends,
On today's episode we cover:
Assassin
Go Over Like A Lead Balloon
Vicious Circle
Scraping The Bottom Of The Barrel
Laughing Stock
We also welcome our newest contestant to our world famous game show, What Word Am I?
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IT'S SEASON 2 BABY!!!
Welcome to Season 2 Everyone!
On today's episode we cover:
Think Outside The Box
Avocado
Buck (Money)
Penny Pinching
Cream of The Crop
We also discuss some words and their meanings from Prohibition.
Don't forget to hang out until the end of the episode when we play our NEW World Famous game show, What Word Am I?
We also get a completely impromptu phone call from our Season 1 Word Or Not A Word Champion, Kersti!
It's season 2 baby!!!
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Hello Friends!
We finally made it!! After a few weeks off, we are back with our Season 1 Finale!!!
On today's show we cover:
Strike While the Iron Is Hot
To Kowtow To
Fall on Your Sword
Bob's Your Uncle
Plus a bonus phrase that has been said many times on the show....tune in to find out.
We also have our Grand finale of our Word Or Not A Word Tournament of Champions. Find out who wins between Dorion and our reigning Champion Kersti!
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Hello Friends,
On today's show we cover:
On The Dot
Hell or High Water
You Can't Make Silk Out Of A Sow's Ear
Moving The Needle
We also have our final Semi-Final match of the Word or Not a Word Tournament of Champions with the Winner who will face our Grand Champion Kersti next week in our Season 1 Finale!
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Hello Friends,
We are back after a couple weeks off. Thanks for joining us!
On today's show, we cover:
Fight Fire With Fire
Flash In The Pan
Tie the Knot
Great Minds Think Alike
We have also reached the penultimate episode of the WONAW Tournament of Champions with contestants Kristina and Owen!
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Hello Friends,
Sorry we are late this week....glad you stuck around!
On this episode, we cover:
An Arm and a Leg
Keep it Under Your Hat
Hat Trick
Sticks and Stones
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Hello Friends,
On today's episode we cover:
Dead Ringer
Under Wraps
Bone to Pick
Smart as a Whip
We are also into the semi-finals of the Tournament of Champions with Kristina and Joanna battling it out to move on!
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Hello Friends,
Welcome to the insult episode...Ya filthy mugs!
We cover some insults you have heard and maybe some that you haven't!
We also play the final quarterfinal match I the world famous game show Word Or Not A Word Tournament of Champions with two proxy contestants filling in for folks who couldn't make it.
Hello Friends,
In this episode we cover the following:
Worse for Wear
On the Mend
Pecking Order
The Last Straw (that broke the Camel's back)
Hello Friends,
Welcome to our scaaaaary episode recorded on Friday the 13th!
Today we cover:
The History of Friday the 13th
To Hell in a Handbasket
Shot in the Dark
When Hell Freezes Over
We also welcome Sommer and Kristina as they battle it out in the newest rounds o the Word Or Not A Word Tournament of Champions!
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Hello Friends,
On today's episode, we cover:
On the Lam
Read the Riot Act
Eat Crow
Bent Out of Shape
On this week's episode Liam and Evan go head-to-head in the newest round of the Word or Not a Word Tournament of Champions
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Hello Friends,
On today's episode, we cover the following phrases:
A Feather in One's Cap
Pull Yourself together
Read Between the Lines
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
We also have our second set of contestants for the Word or Not a Word Tournament of Champions!
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Hello Friends
On today's show, we cover:
Take It With a Grain of Salt
Three Sheets to the Wind
Saved By the Bell
Paying Through the Nose
We are also excited to announce that the Tournament of Champions has officially begun!!!
We also have out newest feature...The Neil Degases-Tyson future watch.
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Hello Friends,
On today's show we cover:
Breaking the Ice
Like maggot and bacon (don't ask, Liam found it)
On Pins and Needles
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Plus one bonus phrase!
We also have our final regular season game of our World Famous Game Show: Word or Not a Word!
It is also our last Mario Lopez watch ;(
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Hello Friends,
Liam is back!!!!
On today's episode, we cover:
Couch Potato
Abracadabra!
With Bells On
Back to The Drawing Board
We also welcome our newest contestant, Sommer to our world famous game show Word Or Not A Word.
Also, don't forget to listen in for our Mario Lopez watch.
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Hello Friends,
Liam is off sick for this episode with a Hernia. Filling in for Liam is our good friend and former contestant on WONAW- Garry Reay-Laidler
On this episode we cover:
Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Bad News Travels Fast
A Different Kettle of Fish
Thanks to our listener Cindy who reached out to us on Instagram for:
Blood is Thicker Than Water
We also play our world famous game show Word Or Not a Word, which we played while we were guests on the podcast...Conversations with Catt.
You can catch Catt's show here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/conversations-with-catt-the-podcast/id1508941165
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Hello Friends,
On today'episode, we cover:
Put Up Your Dukes
Down To Earth
Be Old as The Hills
Not Playing With A Full Deck
We also welcome Brenden from Australia to our World Famous Game Show....Word Or Not A Word.
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On today's episode, we cover the following topics:
Get Off On The Wrong Foot
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
Eat Dirt
Whole Kit and Kaboodle
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We also play our world famous, yet contested game show...Word Or Not A Word
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On this episode, we cover the phrases:
Handle with Kid Gloves
My Name is Mud
Under the Weather
Face The Music (Before Bill & Ted Do)
We also play our world famous game show Word Or Not A Word.
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On today's episode we cover the phrases:
Put the Cart Before the Horse
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Cooking Up A Storm
Lunatic Fringe
We update everyone on our Mario Lopez watch and welcome our newest contestant to Word Or Not A Word!
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On today's show, Liam does a great job explaining:
Out of the Blue &
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
and Scott does an extremely mediocre job with:
That's How the Cookie Crumbles &
You Bet Your Bottom Dollar
We also have another contestant for our world famous (yet contested) game show Word Or Not A Word!
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Hello Everyone!
On today's episode, we cover:
Speak Of The Devil
Push The Envelope
Spare the Rod and Spoil The Child
Close But No Cigar
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We also up date everyone on our Mario Lopez watch and play the world famous, yet contested game show- Word Or Not A Word.
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Welcome to this week's episode!
Today we cover:
Once in a Blue Moon
Going the Extra Mile
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Dead as a Doornail
Join us also for our Mario Lopez watch and Kristina joins us as the latest contestant of Word Or Not a Word.
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On today's episode we cover:
When Pigs Fly
Rest on Your Laurels
Crash and Burn
Don't Go Off Half-Cocked
Plus our friend Garry joins us for our world famous (yet contested) game show, Word Or Not A Word!
Stay tuned to the end for another update on our Mario Lopez watch.
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On today's episode, we cover:
Knock on Wood
In Hot Water
Pipe Dream
It's Raining Cats and Dogs
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Stay tuned for our Mario Lopez watch and don't forget, the Tournament of Champions is coming soon.
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On today's episode, we cover:
Bad Apple
Second Banana
Chip Off the Old Block
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
Plus one quick bonus!
Mario Lopez watch: Stayed tuned to find out how long it has been since we reached out to Mario.
Mike from Caledon joins us for this week's episode of Word Or Not A Word.
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Stay updated on our Mario Lopez watch. We are trying to get him on Word Or Not A Word, but he hasn't responded. If you know Mario, please have him reach out to us.
Today we cover:
Mad as a Hatter
hair of the Dog That Bit You
Back to Square 1
Make a Beeline Fro Something
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Tune-In to find out about the "controversy" involved with last weeks episode of Word or Not a Word.
Today we cover:
Why the Long Face
Saved Your Bacon
Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
Hit The Hay
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Hello Friends,
Welcome to this weeks episode of Why Do We Say That?
Today's episode is brought to you by the letter J.
Today, we cover:
Jump the Shark
Joined at the Hip
Just Deserts
Jump on the Bandwagon
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On today's episode we cover:
Cat Got Your Tongue
Bury the Hatchet
Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire
Proof is in the Pudding
Plus a very, very VIP Guest for our world famous game show...Word or Not a Word!
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On today's episode, we cover:
Drop It Like A Hot Potato
Throw In The Towel
Rock and a Hard Place
and one more....plus our world famous game show. "Word or Not a Word"!!!
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On today's episode, we look into why we "Paint the Town Red", Why things are a "Piece of Cake", and why do we go "Ass over Teakettle". Liam also looks into "Tooting Your Own Horn"
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Liam and Scott discuss the meanings behind:
23 Skidoo
Butterflies in Your Stomach
Kitty Corner
Snug as a Bug in a Rug
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Today we tackle the idioms:
Giving 110%
Killing Two Birds with One Stone
The Cat's Pyjamas
Mind Your P's and Q's
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Welcome to Why Do We Say That? The show that answers the questions to all the phrases you say, but were too lazy to Google.
Welcome to Our First Episode!!!
Today's Episode, Scott and Liam discuss the following phrases:
Rule of Thumb
Burning The Midnight Oil
Clean and as Whistle
Beat around The Bush
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