Word Mall: a podcast about the E...
Language Myths 5: Not Enough Roo...
Language Myths 5: Not Enough Room to Swing a Dead Cat, Not Playing with a Full Deck, Not Worth a Tinker's Damn, Posh, Rule of Thumb
Word Mall: a podcast about the English language. by Michael J Sheehan at wordmallpodcast@gmail.com
S1 · E12
Apr 29, 2026
08:14
Episode notes

Even more phony explanations of how words and phrases originated.

Keywords
Not enough room to swing a dead cat, Not playing with a full deck, Not worth a tinker's damn, Posh, Rule of thumb