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Hold Your Horses: Idioms for Idiots

Written by: Thomas Atkins Travis Bainbridge Daniel Atkins
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  • Summary

  • Ever wonder why we say the things we say? Or where they even came from? Hold Your Horses: Idioms for Idiots is a homespun program that explores the sayings that have been a part of our lives for centuries. Each episode, Thomas, Dan and Travis present, discuss and discover the origin of a common idiom. Make a drink, sit back, relax and maybe you'll learn something from some idiots.
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Episodes
  • Episode 35. Butter Someone Up

    Episode 35. Butter Someone Up
    Apr 22 2024

    Pass me the gravy and call me a cooked goose! We’ve got a savory and salivating helping for you hungry hippopotamuses. The horsemen deliver a dollop of dishes and desserts that will both tickle the funny bone and fill the tummy. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, our idiom has everything to do with the delectable delights the English language has to offer. An invariable smorgasbord of cakes and puddings, steaks and casseroles, goulash and ganache, tiramisu and au jus! Achoo! Bless you! Tissue? Get ready to lather on the laughs because it’s an all new serving of Hold Your Horses! Giddy-up, buttercup!
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  • Episode 34. Lose your Marbles

    Episode 34. Lose your Marbles
    Apr 1 2024
    We’ve all had those days. You’re late for an interview and as you’re running on the sidewalk, so is a massive mastiff who decides to relieve itself in the exact spot that you step. Not only are you late, but you have to scrape off the fecal matter that has now affixed itself to the bottom of your shoe. If you do not take care of this, your potential employers will either wonder why you only own one shoe on OR why they are interviewing someone who ushers in the pungent smell of a dog park. Your best bet is to clean that shoe and FAST. The shoe is clean and now you’re in the room. Handshakes and smiles, you need to make an impression in order to make up for being late. Instead of ignoring it, you confront it head-on and explain to the panel of high-level executives what exactly transpired on that sidewalk. You launch into a tirade of unaccompanied animals and how it’s a public disgrace that dogs are allowed to roam wherever and treat the city like their own personal toilet. They’re all nodding. The bearded one releases a small chuckle. To seal the deal and as a matter of personal revenge, you add that the offending dog was a mastiff. Suddenly, the room turns cold and all smiles are gone. The suits look over at their colleague who seems to be personally wounded by your words. Turns out, his lineage is from a long line of esteemed breeders who even bred dogs for President Theodore Roosevelt. Their breed of speciality? You guessed it— mastiff. The assistant quickly whisks you away and you’re back on the street. With all prospects gone and an empty refrigerator back at your apartment, it’s hard to feel like you haven’t totally lost your marbles. “Isn’t that an idiom?” You think. Grabbing your phone and headphones, you tap to your podcast platform of choice and see that your favorite show, Hold Your Horses: Idioms for Idiots just released a new episode. You pull your collar tighter and smile. Things are looking up already.
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  • Episode 33. Dressed to the Nines

    Episode 33. Dressed to the Nines
    Mar 21 2024
    The number 9. We’re all familiar with his more popular roles. Love potion number 9, 9 lives, 9 o’clock, 9 inch nails, 9 ladies dancing, the whole 9 yards, 9 iron, and of course the 9 ringwraiths. And they make sense. They just make sense. But dressed to the 9’s??? Now that my friends is a riddle worth solving. So join us. We can do it. And don’t forget to rate us 9 out of 9 stars.
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