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Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle Podcast

有意思的英语单词起源 We focus on the origin of interesting words, idioms, and slang, science and technology...bilingual (Chinese and English) by Lewis Sandler, former lawyer and professor in Beijing, China since 1993 and now (11/19) in Presque Isle, Maine, interviewing ordinary people leading ordinary lives. Welcome to view my other websites listed on the right side of this page.

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10:16

Idioms with People (#52)

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2011/09/04

Go Dutch, Dutch Uncle, Dutch Oven, Double Dutch, Dutch Door, the real McCoy, keep up with the Joneses If you like these bilingual podcasts (English/Chinese) please leave a comment below or if you'd like to know about other idioms or slang, please leave a comment or suggestion. And you can download any of these podcasts to your MP3 player. Thanks for listening.

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05:31

Portmanteaus (#51)

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2011/08/01

Amtrack, brunch, linner, spork, liger, Billary, Brangelina, Wuhan, camcorder, smog, Chinasaur, snart, Microsoft, podcast list of portmanteaus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portmanteaus

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11:16

Food Idioms (#50)

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2011/07/07

All your eggs in one basket, All the tea in China, As cool as a cucumber, Couch Potato, Eye Candy food idiom website http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/cat/1.html

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09:44

Toponyms (#49)

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2011/06/20

Bikini; Greek (It's Greek to me); Lesbian; Nokia; Shanghaied toponym website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_derived_from_toponyms

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12:08

Idioms from Animals (#48)

Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle... ·

2011/05/21

Bookworm (It's not a worm), Chicken (Chicken out), Chicken Feed, Pigheaded, Doghouse (In the doghouse) Idioms from Animals http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/cat/10.html

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07:46

Idioms from Medicine (#47)

Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle... ·

2011/05/12

You have a lot of nerve (You have a lot of gall), Cough Up (Cough It Up), Hold Your Breath With our lovely co-host from Hebei , Charlene

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07:55

Weather Idioms (#46)

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2011/04/25

Full of Hot Air, A Breeze, Shoot the Breeze, Snowed Under, Snow Job and Charlene, our wonderful co-host from Beijing

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04:54

Vampire Slang (#45)

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2011/04/13

Dracula by Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) 1997, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon by Michael Adams, The Hunger, My bad, Killer, Bloodsucker (time sucker), Bites, Bite me, Vamp (vampy)

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03:53

Sports Idioms (#44)

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2011/03/16

beat him to the punch, drop the ball, rain check, slam dunk

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03:10

Hamburgers and Hotdogs (#43)

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2011/03/06

Origin from Hamburg, Germany and Frankfurt, Germany and dachshund, the dog

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05:15

American Money: Fins, Sawbuck and Benjamins (#42)

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2011/02/20

Buck, Greenback, Dead Presidents, Fin, Sawbuck, Washington, Benjamin, C-Note, Large,(moolah, bread, dough)

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02:38

A Dime a Dozen (#41)

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2011/02/13

Means very inexpensive or common Origin from US Congress in 1796

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03:12

Year of the Rabbit (#40)

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2011/01/31

Rabbit Punch, Pull a Rabbit Out of the Hat, To Turn Rabbit

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03:58

Toilets, Bathroom and WC (#39)

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2011/01/09

Restroom , Toilet, Bathroom, Washroom, Lavatory, Loo, WC, CR, Latrine, Head

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02:05

Happy New Year (#38)

Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle... ·

2011/01/06

Irish toast In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want. Movie: "When Harry Met Sally", Harry Burns And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Billy Crystal Meg Ryan

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01:54

Cancel your Christmas (#37)

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2010/12/26

origin from gangster movies

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02:33

For the Birds (#36)

Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle... ·

2010/12/09

Origin from the Bible and US Army during WWll

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03:00

Black Friday #(35)

Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle... ·

2010/11/21

Black Friday.. Friday after Thanksgiving .. Heavily Discounted Shopping Day.. Origin from "in the black".

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02:21

An Arm and a Leg (#34)

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2010/11/07

Possible origin from paintings of portraits or WWII

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02:49

Trick or Treat (#33)

Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle... ·

2010/10/30

Origin goes back to Celtics people and Middle Ages Europe (500 to 1500)

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