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Speaker 1: Those old sayings, phrases, idioms. You know, the things your

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family and friends would say. And it usually came from

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out of nowhere, and only sometimes it actually made sense. Well,

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they had to start somewhere, right, Who, what, where, why, when?

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And how? Some of those old sayings are not only ancient,

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but still carry a powerful punch today. I live by

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one of those old saints. Winning is a choice. The

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goal of these episodes is to help preserve not only

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a language, but lessons in life. My name is arrow,

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full of piss and vinegar. Oh my god, I can

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hear my father saying those words even today. He usually

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started out when he didn't agree with my awkwardness. The

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phrase came into being during the eighteen hundreds and was

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used to mean vitality and energy. Piss hasn't always been

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part of it. It's a nasty word, so many were

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caught up saying pep and vinegar. It was also used

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when a person was full of anger and ready to fight,

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or a person is less than desirable. You're full of

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piss and vinegar. The earliest writings of the idiom and

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phrase can be traced back to nineteen thirty six, when

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John Steinbeck released the book Dubious Battle. He wrote, listen,

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mister Landon said them guys is so full of piss

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and vinegar, they'll skin you if you show that slick

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suit outside. The term was also used in nineteen thirty

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eight in the Grapes of Wrath. Another phrase has come

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from it. It appeared in print in nineteen twenty two

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the book Ulysses, where it was written that all wind

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and piss like that of a yard cat. Here's what

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you may not know. Vinegar is the best cleaning tool

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to use when trying to remove pea stains in your

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underwear full of piss and vinegar. Something our parents would say,

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I'm errow