In Search of the Oldest Idioms in the English Language

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Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉. Get up to 55% OFF your subscription ➡️ Here: https://bit.ly/LetThemTalkTVAug How far can we trace back the oldest expressions in the English language? 500 years? 1000 years? From Pliny the Elder to Alfred the Great to William Shakespeare. In this video your idiom investigator finds out. Sign up for The Rambler newsletter here. https://letthemtalktv.substack.com/ It's full of interesting insights and stories about the English language and it's free! If you're looking for information about my book. Sign up for the newsletter or return here before Christmas when (hopefully). Become a Patreon of LetThemTalkTV Support the channel and get exclusive content. More information here. www.patreon.com/LetThemTalkTV. 00:00 What do you mean by the oldest idioms? 01:05 Sponsored content, Babbel 02:44 Idioms in translation 09:02 Idioms coined in England 14:05 English, English idioms.