At a loss for words: Middle Age madness

We’ve spent several joyful moments exploring phrases from the 1800s that are still in occasional use, so let’s explore a bit further back. Looking into the Middle Ages, we find plenty of fodder for some great idioms. Have you ever had a great idea that soon ran into complications, causing you to consider abandoning the thought altogether? You may have been told to not “throw the baby away with the bath water.” This particular phrase becomes more disgusting with each thought, but let’s dive in. Bathing is hopefully very common these days, but in the Middles Ages, it was more like a holiday. The father of the family had the first dive in to a tub of hot water, follow by his wife and