George: Well, I thought one or two cheeky gags, one followed by 'She was only the ironmonger's daughter but she knew a surprising amount about fish as well'. Just wanted to know if anyone could tell...
I am trying to translate the phrase " football comic " into a number of languages ( as in a comic about football ). In Babel Fish i get a translation which comes out as " funny football". I know...
Dad' birthday tomorrow (73) has given me the task of finding the full words to this old timers song, has the words "I said a yard of lace to match this for the wife, the shop man said here you see,...
This may not be the best topic area for my question, but I cannot think of a better one. I have a very small English dictionary (10 cm X 6.5 cm and 2.5 cm thick) called 'The Diamond Dictionary'. There...
Does anyone out there know the origin of the expression "Cin-Chin" as a toast? I think the Italians use a similarly pronounced "cin-cin". Thanks in advance.
Doing a quiz with phrases & sayings and am stuck on these last two. Any help would be appreciated. 1) T T H I A B T T T A 2) V S T Many thank in anticipation of any help
Okay so this is a very odd question but I need the information, so... I'm trying to identify an interjection typically used by... erm... acrobats...? at the moment they've successfully accomplished...
Who replied to the question " What are you thinking" with "How much the sea errodes the seashore at Mablethorp" I think it may have been on a television programme Thanks
I have a crowther's encyclopaedia of phrsaes and origins first edition 1945 by Edwin Radford. I would like to know how much is this book worth. Thank you Marianne [email protected]
Good morning everyone in Answerbank land. I don't know if I am in the right section for this question but here goes:- One of my husbands staff is Spanish and has a birthday coming up. Can anyone...
Wash up, Tidy up, Pi$$ed up, Wound up, Drink up, Send up, Make up, Etc. Etc. Etc. Why do we use 'up'? As far as I can tell it is not particularly needed... Thanks.