Speaker 1: Those old saints, phrases, idioms, you know those things your
family and friends usually brought up. And really they came
from out of nowhere, but only sometimes they actually made sense. Well,
they had to start somewhere, right, Who, what, where, why, when?
And how? Some of those old saints are not only ancient,
but still carry a powerful punch. Even today, I live
by one of those old saints. Winning is a choice.
The goal of these episodes is to help preserve not
only a language, but lessons in life. My name is Arrow.
In a pickle, it means to be in difficult or
troublesome situations. It actually got its big quirkiness from the
Dutch and Low Germans. The Dutch word is peckel, spicy
vinegar is used to preserve the food. Being in a
pickle refers to being in a messy situation, like that
of a peckl. It was William Shakespeare who first used
it within the writing of his book The Tempest in
sixteen eleven, Alonzo, who asks how comest thou in this pickle?
Drinklo replies, I have been in such a pickle since
I saw you last. In this case, pickle means sorry
or embarrassing. Some say it was a hint to admitting
that they have been drinking through time in a pickle
has evolved into being a lighter way of admitting difficult times,
confusing situations, and troublesome areas of decision making. What sounds
like culinary is actually a metaphor from the idea of
being stewed and muddled. Yeah, muddled, another sixteenth century expression,
and again the Dutch get credit for that. In bartending
to muddle means to crush ingredients to release their flavors, which,
when you break it down, it's still connected to the
original roots. When you are muddled, you're in a pickle.
Something our parents would say. My name is Erro.