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15 famous sayings with weird origins

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Barking up the wrong tree, to turn a blind eye, to paint the town red … We all use these phrases but where do they actually come from? Bucky chats to linguist Mark Gwynn to find out.

Host: Andrew Bucklow
Producer:  Nina Young & Emily Pidgeon
Audio Editor: Tiffany Dimmack

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