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Speaker 1: Those Old Saints, phrases, idioms, you know, those things your

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family and friends would say. And it usually came from

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out of nowhere, and sometimes it only made sense. I mean,

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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 Saints are not only ancient,

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but still carry a powerful punch even today. In fact,

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I live by one of those old saints. Winning is

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a choice. The goal of these episodes is to help

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preserve not only a language, but lessons in life. My

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name is Arrow over a barrel. It's more of a

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simple way of saying, or admitting, you are in a

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place of helplessness and in a position of vulnerability under

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someone else's control. That moment you have no real choice

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but to comply. You are over a barrel. The origin

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of the phrase is heavily debated, but there are two

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theories that some historians say was brought into action because

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of the phrase. Drowning rescue, someone who is pulled from

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the water would be placed faced down over a barrel

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and rolled over and over again. It was intended to

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save lives. Another source of information suggests over a barrel

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comes from naval punishment sailors who committed a crime were

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stretched over a barrel before being flogged. They were at

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the complete mercy of the person that was offering the punishment.

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There have been several changes over the years to over

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the barrel. They include man over a barrel, bent over

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a barrel, and you got me over a barrel. Grammaris

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dot com believes that we are using the phrase totally

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one hundred percent wrong, often ending up in a conversation

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about gymnastics and or one who eats a lot of pickles.

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That's not what it means, but people do say, whoa,

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how many pickles did you do today? Are you over

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the barrel? Something our parents would say. My name is Arrow.