Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins

Big Science Pods

Whole 9 Yards is a weekly podcast that will simultaneously educate, astonish, and amuse. Listen while we share equivocal research about the origin of words, phrases, and idioms we use every day. From the team at Big Science Pods, we bring you the whole 9 yards, the entire kit and caboodle, the whole shebang of this quick, entertaining look at our language and the history therein. Learn why we call New York "The Big Apple," what "red-handed" REALLY means and why sometimes people are "happy as a clam." So, let's cut to the chase, if you jump on the bandwagon now, the...

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Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins

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Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins

Mar 13, 2026
36 minutes
25 MB

Episode 308: Jay & Ray stitch up a few old idioms. know the ropeshell bent for leather Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab a taste of the groove salad at bigsciencemusic.com some of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.

Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins

W9Y Is Hell Bent For Leather

Big Science Pods

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