SURPRISING Origin of Your Favorite Food and Holiday Phrases!
Ever wonder why we say “talk turkey” when we mean business, or how “eating humble pie” became an idiom for admitting you were wrong? 🤔
Dive into the surprising, sometimes bizarre, history and etymology of seven common English phrases!
From colonial hunts and medieval deer organs to 12th-century bacon prizes, your Thanksgiving and everyday conversations will never be the same.
Learn the stories behind:
* Talk Turkey 🦃
* Eat Humble Pie 🥧
* Cornucopia 🍎
* Gravy Train 💰
* Bring Home the Bacon 🥓
* Apple of My Eye 👀
* Count Your Blessings 🙏
*Sources:
– “Talk turkey”: Oxford English Dictionary; Smithsonian Magazine archives
– “Eat humble pie”: Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary (1755); Medieval cooking manuscripts; etymological records showing “umbles” from Old French “nombles”
– “Cornucopia”: Greek mythology; Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”
– “Gravy train”: Railroad terminology archives; 1920s American slang dictionaries
– “Bring home the bacon”: Dunmow Flitch Trials records; Joe Gans 1906 fight documentation
– “Apple of my eye”: King James Bible (Deuteronomy 32:10, Psalms 17:8); Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
– “Count your blessings”: Johnson Oatman Jr. hymnal (1897); Library of Congress records
⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 The Origin of “Talk Turkey”
1:01 – The Meaning Behind “Eat Humble Pie”
1:41 – The GOAT Origin of “Cornucopia”
2:16 – The Railroad Slang of “Gravy Train”
2:48 – The Bizarre History of “Bring Home the Bacon”
3:22 – The Precious Meaning of “Apple of My Eye”
3:50 – The Hymn That Gave Us “Count Your Blessings”
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Troy W. Hudson
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Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children’s storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I’ve produced over 80 audiobooks along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤
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