Mental Floss: List Show

The Surprising Origins of 12 Phrases (2024x19)

Air date: Aug 28, 2024

The English language is bursting with colorful expressions that come from strange and surprising places. Many of them once had literal meanings that the general public has long since forgotten. This episode of The List Show is all about why we say what we say—from the poem that gave us albatross around your neck to the hands that gave us hands down.