Episode 71: Head Over Heels

Did Davy Crockett coin the term "Head Over Heels in Love"? No.

Does the phrase, "Head Over Heels" have something to do with our head being slightly forward of our heels, despite it being higher? Most likely not.

So where does this phrase come from? Well... buckle up for a fun journey through a variety of ways this idiom was used before we landed on the way we use it today.

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