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Don’t Get Fleeced or Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes: Expressions from the Hair of Sheep

Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases

English - January 18, 2018 17:56 - 21 minutes - 22.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
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Have you ever been "fleeced"? Have you ever "gone in search of the golden fleece" or "pulled the wool over someone's eyes"? Are your opinions "dyed in the wool"? In today's episode of Animalogy, I discuss the animal origins of these words and expressions, all of which have to do with the hair of sheep. In other words, they're Animalogies!

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