# 104:  This Episode Is The Bee's Knees

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Podcast: [An Old Timey Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/an-old-timey-podcast-6888779)
Published: 2026-05-20T11:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8905136
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## Resource

Bless you , dear listener! You could have spent your day surfing the net and in doing so, turned a blind eye to this episode, But instead, you’re sitting there, like the cat got your tongue , about to listen to a very special episode of an Old Timey Podcast! We predict that at the end of this episode, you’ll say I wish Kristin would have spilled the beans on other idioms and their origin stories! In fact, I’d pay through the nose to hear more of these delightful tales, but alas, she must have had a deadline to meet. Remember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Kristin pulled from: “The origins of 21 common phrases,” by Nicholas C. Rossis for StoryEmpire.com “7 everyday English idioms and where they come from,” by Kate Lohnes for Britannica “The real stories behind 7 everyday expressions,” by Megan Willett-Wei for Business Insider “Admiral Nelson’s defiance inspired the saying ‘to turn a blind eye,” by Cecilia Bogaard for AncientOrigins.net “Central New York woman becomes a ‘Final Jeopardy!’ answer,” by Geoff Herbert for The Post-Standard “Internet group honors pioneering CNY librarian,” by Marnie Eisenstadt for The Post-Standard “The curious – and creepy – origins of ‘cat got your tongue?’” for History.com “A reporter said ‘screw the pooch’ on Face The Nation. Where does that phrase come from?” by Ben Zimmer for Slate.com “Buried Alive: Inside the 19th century panic over premature burial,” by Christopher Klein for History.com “I just learned why we say ‘spill the beans’ and I would never have guessed,” by Amy Glover for Huffpost “Why pay through the nose?” by Anatoly Liberman for OUPblog “It’s the bee’s knees; or, the entomology and etymology of ‘the bee’s knees’,” by Mike Cassidy for The Marietta Traveler “This legendary bartender served H…

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