155. Like Ducks to Water

Published: May 16, 2022, 7 a.m.

b'Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about idiom origin stories, extreme trading up, and man who fasted for more than a year... and eggcorns.
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Articles and other sources:
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/eggcorn-examples-faulty-phrases-that-still-make-scents
https://www.rd.com/list/amusing-stories-behind-expressions/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/from-paper-clip-to-house-in-14-trades-1.573973
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/08/20/guy-once-swapped-paperclip-house-this-woman-is-trying-do-same/
https://www.the-sun.com/money/4441217/traded-bobby-pin-for-house-how/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip'