005-Get's My Goat; Mad as a Hatter; Get the Sack

from Why Do We Say That? · host Phil Chenevert

The story behind some more phrases we use.  Today I explore why someone Gets My Goat when they succeed in upsetting or irritating me.  Why Hatters used to literally be on the crazy side and why someone "gets the sack" when they are fired from a job.  This episode sponsored by the shape Rectangle and the number 4,234. 

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The story behind some more phrases we use. Today I explore why someone Gets My Goat when they succeed in upsetting or irritating me. Why Hatters used to literally be on the crazy side and why someone "gets the sack" when they are fired from a job. This episode sponsored by the shape Rectangle and the number 4,234.

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