Phrases & Sayings

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AndiFlatland

The ground floor

When you enter a building, unless you're Spiderman, you're on the ground floor. But this is the first floor you walk on, so why don't we call it the first floor? By that logic, the first floor is...

windynook

dingbats

et sugestion =premier= snobbe ( ry) upside down summer (tic)sig sole the lent hong kong 1997 thanks to all who sent in previous answers

west ham fan

north wind

Does any one know the full version of the saying I think it is something like " When the east wind dust blow we shall have snow"

naomi24

And following Quizmonster's question, here's another one ........

Why do people say, "I turned around and said", or "he turned around and said". Do people really 'turn around' and say? Do you? I don't, unless the person I'm aiming to talk to is behind me when I want...

Quizmonster

Usage

Has this category actually gone four whole days without a new question or is something wrong with my computer? So, what the hey! I'll ask one that's been nagging away at me... When did "I was...

Lucy Thomas

Misuse of the apostrophe.

It could be that I'm simply noticing more examples of apostrophe misuse than I used to. However, I do think that it is more widespread than it was. Several recent bad examples I have seen include the...

miker1954

around

"what goes around, comes around"

fredpuli47

River names :British usage

Why do we in Britain talk of the River Thames, the River Tees and so on when we don't say the Bridge Albert for the Albert Bridge and the Bridge Humber and the Bridge Tower etc for bridges ? Americans...

mccfluff

einstein quote

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem." Can someone exlpain what this quote means please

Jellysocks.

Mrs doubtfire

what are the quotes daniel on mrs doubtfire uses after he tells the work employment woman that he does voices i know two but not the rest help me they make me crack up well bad x.x.x

jennabelle42

Daily Record Tues 13

Deep Ravine (5) something illusory (6) _________ apart or ________ ahead of (7) generally (3,3,4,4) Thanks - Disappointing attempt this time!!! xx

danroll

fill your boots?

where does it come from?

felicityjane

sweetness and light

ecstatic youthmakes wheel throb 5,3,3.3,6.8 thanks in advance

Man Mountain

Word Game

I need some help solving the following missing words. A couple of examples that I have solved are as follows, the clue, followed by the answer C------- O- T-- L----- E-- (32) - Answer - Capsules on...

sazzy1982

well known sayings/phrases

can you help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! does any1 know the well known sayings or phrases LBRAHP DTNA LEBOOAS

mrs_overall

What's the correct version of this phrase?

I'm after the correct version of the phrase about age and something overcoming youth and something. I think the word treachery is in there somewhere. Many thanks.

katalamax

Quotation

I'm trying to find a quotation part of which includes the word "horizon". The gist of the quotation is fixing one's eyes on the horizon rather than looking down. Can anybody help please?