Animal Metaphors and Animal Idioms (28)

Howard Chang and Dave Shepherd explore animal metaphors and American English idioms based on animals. (1:41) Song: 'Snakes,' by Calyptra, courtesy of GarageBand.com (11:38) Rude word of the week: 'dog' and other animal-based insults (14:56) Song: 'Taller Than Dogs,' by Oscar Trim, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network (19:44) Fantastic animal metaphors, and ancient roots of animal idioms (22:23) Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 30:51 size: 14.1 Mb NOTE: We will save you all some hard drive space by encoding at 64 kbps and 22.05 kHz from now on. It seems to sound just as good! rating: PG (Some animal insults are really rude.)