Bury the Hatchet
This episode of the Genesis: the Back Story of Phrases and Idioms discusses the idiom bury the hatchet. Bury the hatchet means to resolve all differences and make peace. Click this link to send in you...
16 Sep 20212min
Pull Out All Stops
In this episode of Genesis: the Back Story of Phrases and Idioms, Dhruti and Ipshita discuss the idiom 'pull out all stops,' which means to use all available resources or force. To put it another way,...
8 Sep 20212min
Cat Got Your Tongue
This phrase has an intriguing backstory. The English Navy used to lash errant sailors with a whip with many endpoints in the 18th century. This whip was dubbed "the cat" because it frequently had nine...
1 Sep 20211min
Hands Down
In this episode, our learners Dhruti and Ipshita from grade 9th discuss the origins and meanings of the idiom, hands down. It means without doubt, without question. So if you want to say that somethin...
25 Aug 20212min
Straight from the Horse's Mouth
Welcome to another episode of our series called the Genesis: the Back Stories of Phrases and Idioms. In this episode, Hridaya and Pal of grade 9th discuss the idiom straight from the horse's mouth. Th...
18 Aug 20212min
Once in a Blue Moon
This series is titled Genesis: The Origins of Some English Phrases and Idioms. We'll look at how some phrases and idioms came to be in this series. Dolly, Ayush, and Nirjara discuss the origins of the...
11 Aug 20213min
Throw the Baby out with the Bath Water
In this episode, we discuss another interesting idiom, which originated in the 1500s when water was scarce and people had to bathe in the same water in the same container leaving the babies with the d...
21 Juli 20212min
Fly off the handle
In this episode, we discuss the English idiom 'fly off the handle'. We discuss its origins, the meaning and its usage.
17 Juni 20212min
