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Phrases & Sayings
Welcome To Phrases & Sayings where it is what you say and how you say it that is important.Please feel free to share what makes you chuckle in the Jokes section.
What's that all about then? Still waters (by definition) can't run anywhere, the water being still and all that. Shouldn't it be "Still waters don't run anywhere" or "Moving water may run deep"?
Why that's just............. impossible!!
Meaning and where this comes from?
Here's a quote I found on the internet. My question is whether or not the first comma is correctly placed. It looks quite clumsy to me to put it within the quotation marks: A Healing Dream can never...
who is the lady mentioned in the phrase "it's not over until the fat aldy sings"
What is the origin of Hoi Poloi
where does the greeting all reet originate from please
Since 1939, how many times has the ncaa championship game been decided in overtime
With the saying 'I'd rather have loved and lost than to never have loved at all'? - xx
Should it be 'far be if from me' or 'far be it for me' and how would you use this phrase?
Can anyone explain coals from Newcastle?
Does anyone have a URL for a simple linguistic problem - which is a list of the 200 commonest used English words and for that matter the commonest 1000 words ? Thanks PP
Gerrarry tergithi and weeit....what does it mean?
What is wrong with this phrase?"I said I never repeat things"
My 12 year old son has been charged with racial abuse for calling an asian boy a "Mars Bar" during a football match, which he denies, but is this racist?
This phrase, so beloved of inferior management always manages to niggle me. Today, I came back with "No, but there are 3 in inspiration and imagination, 4 in initiative and 6 in indivisibility" As you...
Keep your _ _ _ _ _ _ on the _ _ _ _ _ (6/5 ) = Thanks for your help Freebi
Can anyone confirm that "an elephants ear" and "a fallen angel" are doughnuts. If not please what are they.
.......................or a Kentish Man? Why the difference? I know it refers to which side of the Medway you were born, but why does it matter? Is it a status thing? Local rivalry? Does anyone know...
Does anyone know where this quote comes from, I think it's Friends but not sure. Also not sure if I've quoted it right! "My wallets too big for my fifties and my diamond shoes are too tight!"