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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.
Can anyone think of a suitable collective noun for a group of politicians ? I thought of 1) an incompetence 2) an ineptitude or how about 3) a deceit ?
Have been racking my brain all week for the product that went with this ad slogan. Thank you to answerbank user who said it was bran flakes. I can see the advert now. Did they revive it for the advert...
Where does this saying come from?? 'i know it like the back of my hand'
I often hear the term quid, meaning Pound, and i think this comes from the latin "quid pro quo" some thing given for something received. But a friend of mine often calls a pound "a sheet" has anyone...
as a cockney kid we used the expression "its taters" when it was freezing cold, does anyone know why ?
Does anyone know the meaning or origin of the above phrase which was given as the answer to a crossword clue?
What is a bag o mashings. ( yorkshire dialect)
what does this stand for - a saying re days or months?
does anyone know the derivation of "peach pad", which I've only ever seen in Marks & Spencer's packaging of fish etc.? I assume it has something to do with cushioning in transit soft fruit such as...
Is anybody out there doing this quiz, if so have you got any ideas on these please.all to do with the human body in some way. 6, That feeble hot shower [anag. phrase] 3,6,2,3,5. 18, Thank European...
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this could be a Scottish or even Glaswegian saying - eg 'he was having a nanny rooney', would be used it a person was going mad, shouting etc. Does anyone know where this saying comes from? thanks
What is most times the same word can be used consecutively in a sentence? I remember it is something like 'If had had had had had had..............'. There may be others
i heard this be said other day at work and was told its a london saying but i aint a clue what it means, can anyone enlighten me? thanku
Can anybody tell me what "Et In Arcadia Ego" means please. Many thanks
My french teacher is now our examiner so i can't ask for any phrases in class. We are still allowed to do research at home but I can't seem to find anything helpful on 'advertising my hometown'. Does...
dose anyone know the poem im'e terribly fit for the state im'e in that might not be the title but it has those words in it where can i get it from ?
A lot of people have used this phrase on AB, i feel a bit stupid here but what does it actually mean??
does anyone know what this means? "Yo he estado aqui, muchas veces antes, y regreso" "Y regreso aqui otra vez, y comienzo" I can't figure it out!! T_T
what do you do when you "crash your swede"