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Where do some phrases come from?

Biting the bullet, cats got your tongue and a dime a dozen; these are all regular sayings we ofte...

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17.56 28 Aug 2024


Where do some phrases come from?


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Biting the bullet, cats got your tongue and a dime a dozen; these are all regular sayings we often quote, but where do we get them from, and why do some sound so strange?

Dr Stephen Lucek, Assistant Professor in Linguistics in UCD joins Kieran to discuss.


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