Podcasts Culture Storytime with GamerDude Opening Up A Can Of Worms With Some Old Sayings and Idioms

Opening Up A Can Of Worms With Some Old Sayings and Idioms

Published: July 15, 2020, 7 p.m.

b'GamerDude returns to one of his favorite topics: words and phrases. This week, he digs into some of the "old sayings" that he grew up with that aren\'t used quite as much as they used to be, and explains what they mean, and where they came from.\\xa0 He talks about the phrase that inspired this episode: "built like a brick shit house."\\xa0(Spoiler: it\'s actually supposed to be complimentary, to a certain extent anyway.)\\xa0 He also talks about opening up a can of worms, cruisin\' for a bruisin\', putting in your two-cents worth, and several idioms we used to use,\\xa0all involving salt.\\xa0 He also talks about "bells and whistles" and when\\xa0getting "close" is "close enough."\\xa0 He also talks about when it\'s "time to pay the piper," and tells the origin story of that phrase.\\xa0 No spoilers: you\'ll have to listen to the whole episode for that tale!'