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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.
A saying turned up in a recent conversation which I had heard used years ago but it now seems to be rare. If the sky is cloudy but a break appears, the blue is described as "enough - or "not enough"...
Does anyone know the correct wording for that saying that says something like, " If you save someone's life, you are responsible for what they do with it."
What's the difference between a lorry and a truck?
I've heard several references to the word 'PIKEY' lately. and I'm not sure what it means Is it an insult? Is it another word for Gypsy? Can anyone help here. Thnx pk
Don't let the grass grow on stirling!
In a pub quiz I attended last night, we were asked to spell snorkel - defined as a tube to enable breathing underwater. Every team in the room spelt it SNORKEL and was marked incorrrect. The...
Can anyone translate "Tabernouche" or "Tabernac" It is in a book my wife is reading and my French is not good enough.
4 g in a p What is this supposed to be? I believe it is a phrase?
what movie was this quote in
is there a term for people who have a first name as a surname? eg lucy carol, tony neil etc? look forward to hearing from you
Please can someone settle an argument for me. Is tattooee a word? I don't think it is!
Does anyone know the meaning of the phrase "hearts and minds"? I have tried Google but no real help just references to books etc where it has been used, Thank you....
my mum used to say "and what shenanigins have you been up to" meaning trouble - any ideas on the origin of this word - i feel it comes from a similar source as the hoolahans (hooligans) - forgive the...
I would like to know exactly the origin and details of the expression.Power to the People. If this was a white or black expression,and other than John Lennon, who sang the song that went with the...
Anyone know why the Americans call delaying something a "rain cheque"? TIA
What it a bacon saver and where did the saying originate from.
Why are unsolicited emails called 'spam'?
3 Down port & resort on Sea of Azof is I believe Yeysk but this would mean that 10 Ac mechanical models of solar systems would have to be ORRERYES. Can it be spelt like this?
What is the derivation of the word GIG as in 'playing a gig'?
Can anyone, a Scott or not, tell me what 'painch' and 'thairm' in Robert Burn's poem "Address to a Haggis" mean in English?
