Why do we say someone “barked up the wrong tree”?
What does “beyond the pale” actually mean?
Why were medieval people throwing armored gloves at each other?
And why does the English language sound like it was assembled during a fever dream involving geese, shellfish, buckets, bullets, and bacon?
In this episode of Messy Minded, Jess dives into the strange, funny, surprisingly dark origins of common English idioms — from battlefield surgery and public punishments to Shakespeare, medieval marketplaces, and chaotic goose behavior.
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