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Adam and Terence lack a cat… Idioms: A rolling stone gathers no mossBless their little cotton socks Alternative names: Super Magic Sparkle Pen Ideas for other Podcasts Seductive Paper Dance The Night Clouds are Forming Terence Reads Latin A Jewel of a Podcast Links: Final Space (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb Adventure Time’s Finale is the Beginning of Something New Deuteronomy 22:11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together. MythBusters – Wikipedia YouTube –...

Adam and Terence listen to a cat. Idioms: The cat’s pyjamasChance your armPlay a blinder (sort of) Alternative names: Licking Wendy Houses Tastless Rubbery Eggs Interesting Buttery Friend Yellow Silk PJs All Bacon Fry-up Odd But Accurate Links: Autonomous sensory meridian response – Wikipedia Prohibition in the United States – Wikipedia Donald Trump – Wikipedia Meowth – Wikipedia Rudyard Kipling – Wikipedia YouTube – Everybody Wants to be a cat Absinthe –...

Adam and Terence listen to Deborah’s cough, entirely self-inflicted. Idioms: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouthFit as a fiddleAll the world’s a stage Alternative names: Melting from the face American inner monologue Socks is great Shiny Shiny House Deborah’s cough Links: YouTube – Queen’s guard Just William – Wikipedia Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) – Wikipedia Dennis the Menace and Gnasher – Wikipedia Walter Matthau – Wikipedia Gold leaf – Wikipedia Joey (TV series) –...

Adam, Deborah and Terence are together for the first time ever! We mainly talk nonsense… Idioms: Lead someone down the garden pathTake it with a grain of saltPush the boat out Alternative names: Scurvy’s the one I wanted Space Pirate… Ghost Champagne Jelly Boats Greasy Idioms Barely Remembered Degrees Tez the Cabin Boy 72 Ingredients Links: The Office (U.S. TV series) – Wikipedia List of ancient Egyptian dynasties – Wikipedia List of ancient Egyptian dynasties –...

Adam, Terence and Lucy take on underwear… we’re also extremely ignorant about American sports! Idioms: Cut and runMum’s the wordDon’t get your knickers in a twist Alternative names: Drive-by Podcasting Our bad history Idiomatic Verb Phrases Let’s Twist Again Smokey Ghosts Knicked my Bocks Links: Lavalier microphone Pirates of the Caribbean Johnny Depp Disney Sheriff of Nottingham How it’s made – Newspaper Dennis Skinner Oliver Twist Blackadder Assassin’s Creed Elizabeth...

Adam, Lucy and Deborah talk about the heat, again, and we also get into Terence’s hairy legs! Idioms: That old chestnutDon’t cut your nose off to spite your faceSpinning a yarn Alternative names: Elongated Film Chat Peter Molyneux Sucks Floating Babies Links: Fable (2004 video game) – Wikipedia(great game) Peter Molyneux – Wikipedia Jack and the Beanstalk – Wikipedia Lionhead Studios – Wikipedia Bullfrog Productions – Wikipedia Theme Hospital – Wikipedia Theme Park World –...

Adam, Sam and Terence try to talk sensibly, despite the heat… Idioms: Never the Twain Shall MeetNavel GazingGet off Scot Free Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

Idioms: Make hay while the sun shinesThe full montyHobson’s choice Sponsored by: A change in podcast editing workflow. Rejected titles: Photoshopping yawns All Philosophers are Arrogant We Philosopher Kings Debs’ Old English The Suneth Shineth I’m not mad! Links: Sophie’s Choice (it was also a book…) First past the post (again, feels like I’ve linked this before.) Plato Aristotle Plato’s Republic Ties in decline UK Summer British dialects Heinzhound Robert...

Idioms: Tin foil hatGot their comeuppanceAt sixes and sevens Sponsored by: Bank holidays. Links: Muppets Tonight Number 9 – Futurama Into the Wild Green Yonder New Matt Groening Show Roswell Area 51 The X-Files Wild West Red Dwarf Westworld Tin foil formally tin How they make tinfoil Better Call Saul Philip K. Dick H. G. Wells UNESCO World Wildlife Fund British Humanist Association British Eugenics Society Brave New World (fantastic book!) The Doors of...

Idioms: Turn on a sixpenceCut someone some slackFull tilt Sponsored by: Injured limbs. Links: Sixpence Usain Bolt Tron Lightbikes (Light cycle!) Pivot! Charles Dickens Back to the Future Back to the Future Almanac All the Year Round periodical Dressage Rube Goldberg machine Honda Advert House of Commons – Sixpence House of Commons – Dime Aloe Cooperage Bugsy Malone Naruto running The Incredible Crash Dummies Crash test dummies TV Taxidermy Tilting in poker MOBA...

Idioms: Through thick and thinEvery cloud has a silver liningFly off the handle Sponsored by: No one, but we got the attention of a celebrity on Twitter. Links: More chickens than people (I didn’t actually believe this one, that’ll teach me…) World population clock Battery farming Nandos (cheeky) Wedding vows CGI Banana’s Introduced to the UK It’s a Wonderful Life Fat sign of wealth Henriest Henry Feeding the multitude (5000, woop) Spartans 300 (60%… it deserves much more...

Idioms: Don’t poke the bearWet your whistleFlash in the pan Sponsored by: Links: South Park South Park Episode 300 (got it wrong, it’s actually 200 I was thinking of…) Jesus vs. Frosty (1992) Jesus vs. Santa (1995) South Park Pilot (1997) Vuvuzela Chris Evans on Top Gear New Top Gear viewership (sad times) Gold panning pan Pan pipes Pan the Satyr (playing the pan flute!) Dryden’s Plays Mayor of Canterbridge (or more appropriately ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’) Brandon...

Idioms: Fighting fire with fireStarter for tenChew the rag/fat Sponsored by: That guy Links: Hybrid Mario flash game Pokémon Uranium Pokémon Sun and Moon Pokémon Release Date (1996!) Controlled burns Trench warfare Water Arson (inundationist!) King John (Shakespeare) Kansas Carry On Wayward Son (disappointed I couldn’t remember this…) Reel Big Fish Oasis Original firefighters (alternatively titled, being a Roman entrepreneur) Caroline Kirkland The Blitz Mutually Assured...

Idioms: On yer bikeTie the knotPass the buck Sponsored by: Links: First Past the Post (not PR) Alternative Vote (not PR) Proportional representation MMP – AMS (my mistake) STV D’Hondt CGP Grey’s Video on FPTP (Worth the watch, as are the others, I promise.) Yes Minister (never seen this, might have to watch it.) National Trust Becoming an MP Stoppit and Tidyup Spywatch The Amazing Race The Amazing Race – Camels vs. Bikes Norman Tebbit Segway Owner of Segway...

Idioms: Under the weatherNot enough room to swing a catNo rest for the wicked Sponsored by: Keys! Links: Altered Carbon Bat Out of Hell WWF WWF WWF vs. WWF The Undertaker Tekken Wizard of Oz (1939 Film) Technicolor Doctor Who Daleks Daily Mail Cage the Elephant Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked Borderlands Paper Planes – MIA Paper Planes – Street Sweeper Social Club Tom Morello Rage Against the Machine Coverdale Bible Magic: The Gathering Meteorologist Met...

Idioms: The lion’s shareIt’s not rocket scienceOn the cards Links: Hello Internet South Park – HUMANCENTiPAD 6 Days to Air Lion Bar Tate & Lyle Tate & Lyle lion East India Company Samson and the Lion Samson’s Riddle Serengeti Colonial England Aesop’s Fables The Wizard of Oz – Film (There are many) The Perry Index William Caxton Donkeys Defend Herd Mules Dualism Library of Alexandria Vatican Library Dan Brown Common sense isn’t common (Apparently) Bunny ears shoe...

Idioms: Not to rain on your paradeThrown under the busTo keep tabs on Links: Eskimo words for snow Frozen – Let it Snow The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men Presidents’ Day Queen’s Coronation Don’t rain on my Parade Barbra Streisand James VI (and I) Bob Merrill Streisand Effect Banned in Russia? Beyonce’s Photo (dubious claims) House – TV Are You Afraid of the Dark? Filofax Rolodex Geordie Arctic Monkeys (Don’t believe the hype!) Computer Tablet Tabs vs Spaces Tabstop...

Idioms: 1. An iron fist in a velvet glove 2. When life gives you lemons 3. Dibs Links: Jeremy Corbyn Michael Jackson Red Alert – Game Hard as nails Blackadder the Third Blackadder Millennium Dome Millennium Dome Blackadder Goes Fourth The Black Adder Mastermind Mastermind Banned Napoleon Wellington Beef Wellington The Terminator – Film Terminator […]

Idioms: 1. Why the long face? 2. The proof is in the pudding 3. Between Scylla and Charybdis Links: Pearlescent paper Cilla Black (Born Cilla White!) Blind Date Pinocchio Office Space – Film M. Night Shyamalan Sarah Jessica Parker Ed Wood – Film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Giant Squid Narwhals Bojack Horseman – TV […]

Idioms: 1. The best thing since sliced bread 2. Teaching your grandmother to suck eggs 3. At loggerheads 4. Third time’s the charm Links: Apple’s comeback story Warburtons White Bread Tommy used to work on the docks… Boy rushes up hill for bread (Hovis Ad) Washing machine time saver Sliced bread banned in war Norovirus […]