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Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins

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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 first 100 subscribers will b...

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W9Y Is Tickled Pink 11.07.2025 36:30

Episode 275: Jay & Ray are doing great things with old idioms this week. - Encore eureka mojo tickled pink kvelling 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. G...

W9Y Passes With Flying Colors 04.07.2025 38:56

Episode 274: Jay & Ray randomly pick some old idioms. - Encore wheelhouse with flying colors leave in the lurch waylay 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...

W9Y Pulls Your Leg 27.06.2025 34:33

Episode 273: Jay & Ray get a body of old idioms. - encore pull your leg rule of thumb on the arm play it by ear 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...

W9Y Is Nothing To Sneeze At 20.06.2025 42:16

Episode 272: Jay & Ray have some old idioms. - Encore rub you the wrong way shake a stick at nothing to sneeze at lick and a promise 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 vi...

W9Y Is Filthy Rich 13.06.2025 30:46

Episode 271: Jay & Ray cash in on some old money idioms. - Encore filthy rich foot the bill 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 groov...

W9Y Eats Your Heart Out 06.06.2025 29:13

Episode 270: Jay & Ray tell a few cock and bull stories. - Encore eat your heart out cock and bull story 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...

W9Y Cheeses It 30.05.2025 33:22

Episode 269: Jay & Ray get a few old idioms running again. - Encore cheese it jalopy 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...

W9Y Is Feeling Jaunty 23.05.2025 31:26

Episode 268: Jay & Ray have some fun with old idioms. - Encore dry humor jaunty 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 b...

W9Y Burns the Midnight Oil 16.05.2025 30:46

Episode 267: Jay & Ray call a few old idioms back on the carpet. - Encore called on the carpet burn the midnight oil 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....

W9Y Has Its Druthers 09.05.2025 32:57

Episode 266: Jay & Ray random up some idioms. -Encore canoodle druthers 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 bigscien...

W9Y Upsets the Apple Cart 02.05.2025 29:00

Episode 265: Jay & Ray randomize some old idioms. - Encore clear as a bell upset the apple cart 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 g...

W9Y Got Nothing 25.04.2025 27:33

Episode 264: Jay & Ray come up empty with some old idioms. - Encore zilch nada Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky , Insta , & Faceb ook. 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...

W9Y Will Be There In a Jiffy 18.04.2025 43:02

Episode 263: Jay & Ray meet a few people idioms. - Encore runaround sue lass hillbilly in a jiffy Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky , Insta , & Faceb ook. 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 o...

W9Y Jumps the Shark 11.04.2025 1:04:54

Episode 262: Jay & Ray get to direct a few movie idioms. - Encore jump the shark read between the lines blockbuster snuff film Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky , Insta , & Faceb ook. 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 vid...

W9Y Gets Your Goat 04.04.2025 39:55

Episode 261: Jay & Ray chose their own adventures. - Encore bandy about just joshin' world is your oyster get your goat Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky , Instagram , & 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 i...

W9Y Is Tacky 21.03.2025 32:14

Episode 260: Jay & Ray enjoy the chaotic nature of reality. - Encore tiff tacky house hawk Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky , Instagram , & 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 gro...

W9Y Cuts the Mustard 14.03.2025 32:50

Episode 259: Jay & Ray discuss a wide palette of colorful idioms. - Encore cut the mustard ace in the hole out of the blue Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky , Instagram , & 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 ind...

W9Y Crosses the Threshold 07.03.2025 35:40

Episode 258: Jay & Ray cross the threshold into a world of new idioms. threshold gimp Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky , Instagram , & 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 s...

W9Y Gets That Bread 28.02.2025 29:06

Episode 257: Jay & Ray cash in on more money idioms. - Encore bread benjamins bob quid Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky , Instagram , & 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...

W9Y Buys the Farm 14.02.2025 35:05

Episode 256: Jay & Ray rattle on about death. - Encore buy the farm devil to pay widows peak kick the bucket Subscribe, review, and come find us on Twitter , Instagram , & 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...

W9Y Is On The Fritz 31.01.2025 20:41

Episode 255: Jay & Ray are going to hell in a handbasket. -Encore hell in a handbasket pandemonium on the fritz mayhem Subscribe, review, and come find us on Twitter , Instagram , & 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 industr...

W9Y Gets Cabin Fever 17.01.2025 28:25

Episode 254: Jay & Ray have cabin fever, again. -Encore stir-crazy cabin fever grind to a halt lose your marbles Subscribe, review, and come find us on Twitter , Instagram , & 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. G...

W9Y Puts the Kibosh On 03.01.2025 22:42

Episode 253: Jay & Ray deep-six some old idioms. -Encore deep-six kibosh eighty-six Subscribe, review, and come find us on Twitter , Instagram , & 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 sal...

W9Y Decks the Halls 27.12.2024 35:07

Episode 252: Jay & Ray get festive with a few sparkle season idioms. - Encore deck the halls trim the tree Subscribe, review, and come find us on Twitter , Instagram , & 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...

W9Y Does a Number 20.12.2024 28:21

Episode 251: Jay & Ray do a number on a few old idioms. - Encore believe you me do a number on Subscribe, review, and come find us on Twitter , Instagram , & 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...