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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Spill the Tea - 25 March 2019
Description: If someone urges you to spill the tea, they probably donât want you tipping over a hot beverage. Originally, the tea here was the letter T, as in âtruth.â To spill the T means to âpass along truthful information.â Plus, weâre serving up some delicious Italian idioms involving food. The Italian phrase that literally translates âeat the soup or jump out the windowâ means âtake it or leave it,â and a phrase that translates as âwe donât fry with water around hereâ means âwe donât do things halfway.â Also: a takeoff word quiz, why carbonated beverages go by various names, includi...