Phrases & Sayings

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ll_billym

Orange juice & lemonade drink - called Henry?

Does anyone know why a drink of 1/2 Orange juice and 1/2 lemonade is called a Henry? I cannot find the answer to this quickly with a Google search... Thanks....

emma_llew

Words/translations meaning 'white'

I have a female white budgie that I want to name... so need to look for some words meaning 'white'... I'd like to stay away from 'snowy' 'snowflake' 'snowball'.... :) Any ideas?...

Aquagility

Mainly, largely....

Whence the phrases "In the main" and "By and large"?

Aquagility

Miffy

Chambers defines Miffy as "quick to take offence". But years ago it was used to mean "non-U", supposedly from "milk in first". Is there any justification for this?

spellright

Daily Record Mag'

91a) Indian dish of rice and meat (5) ?i??u (can't be pilau, but that's stuck in my mind now and I can't see past it now!)

nohorn

gobsmack

I keep seeing this word in AB, what does it mean?

Cathiron

Translation Latin - English

Does anyone know what "sis memor amici" means? - found on the inside of a gold ring

buffer

punctuation

Any punctuation experts out there? Should there be an apostrophe in the word Hallowe'en ? I feel that there should be. Does anyone know?

fredpuli47

'The problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans', 'It's not worth a hill of beans' and so on. Can't think that 'hill of beans' was invented by the scriptwriters of Casablanca but...

zzxxee

willy

why is the male body part called a willy ????

john1066

Who is Gordon Bennett?

AmyD123

sweet smell of success

I was wondering where the above saying came from?

lankeela

I need a parallel

Something from history or politics, where someone thinks their 'supporters' are putting them forward because they want them to be their leader, but really they are only doing it for themselves, and...