Why is Coffee Called “A Cup of Joe”?

And 15 more interesting and bizarre idioms you’ve wondered about

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I’m a very curious creature. I like to know who, what, where, when, and why. A lot. I ask a lot of questions, I research a lot of things. Sometimes at 3 am.

Anyone else?

The other day I was Googling something, and a site called “Cup of Joe” came up, and then underneath was where this term came from.

And away I went. Down the idiom rabbit hole. I had to look up more idioms and find out where they got their origin from.

Without making this long and boring and blabbing about bullshit, I’m just gonna get right to this and share the ‘cup of joe’ origin along with 15 other examples of idioms and their fun meanings.

Grab your ‘cup of joe’ and let’s go ☕

16 Idioms Examples and Their Meanings

We actually have some idioms exclusive to Canadians that no one has ever heard of. When I say one, people look at me like I have 3 heads. “Oh, that must be a Canadian thing, right”?

Yup.

Please share down below in the comments what some of your favourite idioms are, and if you know the meaning, drop that down too!